Chuckle for the day - from some pretty witty people.......Marina ----- Original Message ----- From: Lynne Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sherrie Bradd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Shelley Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Lori Parniak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 10:11 AM Subject: Fw: These are brilliant :-)
> > > > The Washington Post publishes a yearly contest in which readers are > asked to supply alternate meanings for various words. The following were > some of 2001's winning entries: > > > > > > 1. Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon. > > > > > > 2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained. > > > > > > 3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. > > > > > > 4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk. > > > > > > 5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent > > > > > > 6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly > > > answer the door in your > > > nightgown. > > > > > > 7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp. > > > > > > 8. Gargoyle (n.), an olive-flavored mouthwash. > > > > > > 9. Flatulence (n.) the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are > > > run over by a steamroller > > > > > > 10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline. > > > > > > 11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam. > > > > > > 12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified demeanor assumed by a > > > proctologist immediately before he > > > examines you. > > > > > > 13. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish > > > expressions. > > > > > > 14. Circumvent (n.), the opening in the front of boxer shorts. > > > > > > 15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), The belief that, when you die, your Soul goes > > > up on the roof and gets > > > stuck there. > > > > > > 16. Pokemon (n), A Jamaican proctologist > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
