Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Improve your Word Power 2

The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for commonwords. And the winners are:

Coffee , n. The person upon whom one coughs.

Flabbergasted , adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one hasgained.

Abdicate , v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

esplanade , v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.

Negligent , adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only anightgown.

Lymph , v. To walk with a lisp.

Gargoyle , n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.

Flatulence , n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been runover by a steamroller.

Balderdash , n. A rapidly receding hairline..

Testicle , n. A humorous question on an exam.

Rectitude , n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.

Pokemon , n.. A Rastafarian proctologist.

Oyster , n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.

Frisbeetarianism , n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies uponto the roof and gets stuck there.

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