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,
The winners:
Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subjectfinancially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
Ignoranus : A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
Intaxication : Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until yourealize it was your money to start with.
Reintarnation : Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
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.
Giraffiti : Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the personwho doesn't get it.
Inoculatte : To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
Osteopornosis : A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
Karmageddon : It's like, when everybody is sending off all thesereally bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like,a serious bummer.
Decafalon (n.): The gruelling event of getting through the dayconsuming only things that are good for you.
Glibido : All talk and no action.
Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when theycome at you rapidly.
Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you'veaccidentally walked through a spider web.
Beelzebug (n.) : Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into yourbedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
Caterpallor ( n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in thefruit you're eating.
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