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Here is the Washington Post's Mensa Invitational which once again 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 the winners:
01. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
02. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
03. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with
04. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
05. 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.
06. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
07. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
08. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
09. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
11. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
12. 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.
13. Decafalon (n.): The gruelling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
14. Glibido: All talk and no action.
15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
16. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
17. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and can not be cast out.
18. Caterpallor (n.): The colour you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are the winners:
01. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
02. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
03. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with
04. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
05. 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.
06. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
07. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
08. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
09. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
11. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
12. 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.
13. Decafalon (n.): The gruelling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
14. Glibido: All talk and no action.
15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
16. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
17. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and can not be cast out.
18. Caterpallor (n.): The colour you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
