02-14-2006, 01:55 AM
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. 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.
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 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. 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 that are good
for you.
take any word from the dictionary,
alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a
new definition. 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.
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 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. 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 that are good
for you.