The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus : A person who's both stupid and an ahole.
3. Intaxicaton : 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. Giraffiti : Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
7. Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
8. 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.
9. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
10. Glibido : All talk and no action.
11. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
12. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
13. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
The Washington Post also has published this year's winning submissions to another yearly contest, in which readers supply alternate meanings for common words.
1. Coffee, n.. The person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.
3. Esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.
4. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent.
5. Lymph, v.. To walk with a lisp.
6. Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.
7. Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.
8. Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline.
9. Testicle, n. A humorous question on an exam.
10. Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
11. Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms
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