highnote
01-24-2006, 12:43 PM
The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once
again asked readers to take any word from the
dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or
changing one letter, and supply a new definition
[I don't know if this really from the Post, I'm just cutting and pasting what was sent to me -- js]
Here are this year's {2005} winners:
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house,
which renders the subject financially impotent
for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an
asshole.
3. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund,
which lasts until you realize 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 stop 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. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
11. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got
extra credit.)
12. 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.
13. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through
the day consuming only things which are good for you.
14. Glibido: All talk and no action.
15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem
smarter when they come at you rapidly.
16. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just
after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
17. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that
gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be
cast out.
18. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half
a worm in the fruit you're eating.
again asked readers to take any word from the
dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or
changing one letter, and supply a new definition
[I don't know if this really from the Post, I'm just cutting and pasting what was sent to me -- js]
Here are this year's {2005} winners:
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house,
which renders the subject financially impotent
for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an
asshole.
3. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund,
which lasts until you realize 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 stop 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. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
11. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got
extra credit.)
12. 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.
13. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through
the day consuming only things which are good for you.
14. Glibido: All talk and no action.
15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem
smarter when they come at you rapidly.
16. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just
after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
17. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that
gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be
cast out.
18. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half
a worm in the fruit you're eating.