Everett#2390
Aug 24th, 05, 07:10 AM
New and Useful Words to Add to Your Vocabulary
>>
>> The Washington Post's Mensa 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 {2005} 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 stop
>> 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 worm in
>> the fruit you're eating.
>>
>> And the pick of the literature:
>> 18. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an __________.
>>
>> The Washington Post's Mensa 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 {2005} 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 stop
>> 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 worm in
>> the fruit you're eating.
>>
>> And the pick of the literature:
>> 18. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an __________.