I hate those Beelzebugs! Thanks Chris for a good laugh! // Lennart
On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Chris Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again invited 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 : A person who's both stupid and an asshole. > > 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. Foreploy : Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting > laid.. > > 7. Giraffiti : Vandalism spray-painted very, very high. > > 8. Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person > who doesn't get it. > > 9. Inoculatte : To take coffee intravenously when you are running late. > > 10. Osteopornosis : A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.) > > 11. 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. > > 12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming > only things that are good for you. > > 13. Glibido : All talk and no action. > > 14. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they > come at you rapidly. > > 15. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've > accidentally walked through a spider web. > > 16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your > bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out. > > 17. Caterpallor ( n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in > the fruit you're eating. > > The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly > contest, > in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. > > And the winners are: > > 1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs. > > 2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one > has 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. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a > nightgown. > > 7. Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp. > > 8. Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash. > > 9. Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been > 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 bearing adopted by proctologists. > > 13. Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist. > > 14. Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms. > > 15. Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up > onto the roof and gets stuck there. > > 16. Circumvent, n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish > men > > > -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
