Inspired neologisms...
The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing of one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are this year's winners:
Here are this year's winners:
- Cashtration (n.):
The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period. - Ignoranus (n):
A person who's both stupid and an Assh*le. - Intaxication (n.):
Euphoria at getting a taxrefund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with. - Reintarnation (n.):
Coming back to life as a hillbilly. - 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. - Foreploy (n.):
Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid. - Giraffiti (n.):
Vandalism spray-painted very, very high. - Sarchasm (n.):
The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it. - Inoculatte (n.):
To take coffee intravenously when you are running late. - Hipatitis (n.):
Terminal coolness. - Osteopornosis (n.):
A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.) - 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. - Decafalon (n.):
The grueling event ofgetting through the day consuming only things that are good for you. - Glibido (n.):
All talk and no action. - Dopeler effect (phr.):
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. - Arachnoleptic fit, (phr.):
The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web. - Beelzebug, (n.):
Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out. - Caterpallor, (n.):
The color you turn afterfinding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
Enjoy...
3 Comments:
Avid dictionary readers will be familiar with Formication, n. A sense of ants crawling over the skin. To be spelt and pronounced with care.
Nice one on the £1k to DEC. Respect.
Where can I sign up for #9?? LOL
Sarchasm is the BEST EVER.
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