> 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 winners.
> Read them carefully. Each is an artificial word with only one letter
> altered to form a real word. Some are terrifically innovative:
>
> 1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you
> realize it was your money to start with.
>
> 2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
>
> 3. 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.
>
> 4. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject
> financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
>
> 5. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
>
> 6. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person
> who doesn't get it.
>
> 7. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
>
> 8. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
>
> 9. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
>
> 10. 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.
>
> 11. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
> consuming only things that are good for you.
>
> 12. Glibido: All talk and no action
>
> 13. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they
> come at you rapidly.
>
> 14. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've
> accidentally walked through a spider web.
>
> 15. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your
> bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
>
> 16. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the
> fruit you're eating.
>
> And, the pick of the lot...
>
> 17. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
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