--- Cristina Gavrilescu wrote: > Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:35:10 -0700 (PDT) > From: Cristina Gavrilescu > Subject: Fwd: more funnies > The Washington Post's Style Invitational 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 this year's winners: > > > 1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you > realize it was your money to start with. > > > 2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly. > > > 3. 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. > > > 4. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of > getting laid. > > > 5. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject > financially impotent for an indefinite period. > > > 6. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high. > > > 7. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person > who doesn't get it. > > > 8. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late. > > > 9. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness. > > > 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 grub in the > fruit you're eating. > > > And the pick of the literature: > > > 18. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole. >