Sirius
4th January 2003, 10:53 AM
Washington Post's Style Invitational 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 some winners:
Intaxication:
Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it
was your money to start with.
Reintarnation:
Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
Foreploy:
Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
Giraffiti:
Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
Sarchasm:
The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who
doesn't get it.
Inoculatte:
To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
Hipatitis:
Terminal coolness.
Osteopornosis:
A degenerate disease. (this one got extra credit)
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.
Dopeler Effect:
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
And, the pick of the literature:
Ignoranus:
A person who's both stupid and an *******.
Here are some winners:
Intaxication:
Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it
was your money to start with.
Reintarnation:
Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
Foreploy:
Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
Giraffiti:
Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
Sarchasm:
The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who
doesn't get it.
Inoculatte:
To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
Hipatitis:
Terminal coolness.
Osteopornosis:
A degenerate disease. (this one got extra credit)
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.
Dopeler Effect:
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
And, the pick of the literature:
Ignoranus:
A person who's both stupid and an *******.