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I can't take credit for the following as it was sent to me by a friend from the states.He can't take credit either
The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational, asks readers
to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or
changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are the winners:
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus (n.): A person who's both stupid and an(well, you get the picture)
3. Intaxication (n.): Euphoria at getting a tax refund,which lasts
until you realize it was your money to start with.
4. Reintarnation (n.): 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 (n.): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose
of getting laid.
7. Giraffiti (n.): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
8. Sarchasm (n.): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
9. Inoculatte (n.): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10. Caterpallor (n.): The colour you turn after finding half a worm in
the fruit you're eating.
11. Osteopornosis (n.): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
12. 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,like, a serious bummer.
13. Decafalon (n.): The gruelling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you
14. Glibido (n.): All talk and no action.
15. Dopeler effect (n.): 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 3 a.m. and cannot be cast out.
The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational, asks readers
to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or
changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are the winners:
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus (n.): A person who's both stupid and an(well, you get the picture)
3. Intaxication (n.): Euphoria at getting a tax refund,which lasts
until you realize it was your money to start with.
4. Reintarnation (n.): 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 (n.): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose
of getting laid.
7. Giraffiti (n.): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
8. Sarchasm (n.): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
9. Inoculatte (n.): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10. Caterpallor (n.): The colour you turn after finding half a worm in
the fruit you're eating.
11. Osteopornosis (n.): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
12. 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,like, a serious bummer.
13. Decafalon (n.): The gruelling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you
14. Glibido (n.): All talk and no action.
15. Dopeler effect (n.): 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 3 a.m. and cannot be cast out.
