The
Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take
any word form the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting or
changing 1 letter and supply a new definition. Here are the winners:
1) Castration (n.) ~ the act of buying a house which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2) Ignoramus ~ a A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
3) Intaxicaton: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realise it was your money to start with.
4) Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5) Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
6) Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
7) Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
8) Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
9) Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10) Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
11) Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.
12) Decafalon (n.): The gruelling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
13) Glibido: All talk and no action.
14) Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
15) Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
16) Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
17) Caterpallor ( n.): The colour you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
4) Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5) Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
6) Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
7) Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
8) Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
9) Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10) Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
11) Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.
12) Decafalon (n.): The gruelling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
13) Glibido: All talk and no action.
14) Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
15) Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
16) Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
17) Caterpallor ( n.): The colour you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
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