To: MrsNose who wrote (17541 ) 1/4/2001 8:19:34 PM From: Tomato Respond to of 62549 >The Washington Post recently published a contest for readers in which they >were asked to supply alternate meanings for various words. The following >are some of the winning entries: > >Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. > >Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk. > >Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent. > >Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled by how much weight you have gained. > >Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer >the door in your nightie. > >Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp. > >Gargoyle (n.), an olive-flavored mouthwash. > >Flatulence (n.), an emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run >over by a steamroller. > >Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline. > >Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam. > >Semantics (n.), pranks conducted by young men studying for the priesthood, >including such things as gluing the pages of the priest's prayerbook >together before vespers. > >Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified demeanor assumed by a proctologist >immediately before he examines you. > >Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish >expressions. > >Circumvent (n.), the opening in the front of boxer shorts. > >The Washington Post's Style Invitational also asked readers to take any word >from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one >letter, and supply a new definition. Here are some of the winners: > >Sarchasm (n.), the gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the reader >who doesn't get it. > >Reintarnation (n.), coming back to life as a hillbilly. > >Giraffiti (n.), vandalism spray-painted very high. > >Foreploy (n.), any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of >obtaining sex. > >Inoculatte (v.), to take coffee intravenously. > >Osteopornosis (n.), a degenerate disease. > >Karmageddon (n.), it's like, when everybody is sending off all these really >bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's a serious >bummer. > >Glibido (n.), all talk and no action. > >Dopeler Effect (n.), the tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they >come at you rapidly. > >Pintoxication (n.), Euphoria at getting a refund from the ATM, which lasts >until you realize it was your money to start with. > >Ignoranus (n.), a person who's both stupid AND an asshole. >