Amusing
Posted by Shae on March 14, 2003
Each year the Washington Post's
"Style Invitational" asks readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter
it by adding, subtracting, or changing only one letter and to supply a new definition.
Here are the 2002 winners:
Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund,
which lasts until you realise it was your money to start with.
Reintarnation:
Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about
yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
Giraffiti: Vandalism painted
very, very high.
Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit
and the person who doesn't get it.
Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously
when you are running late.
Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
Osteopornosis:
A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit).
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.
Glibido: All
talk and no action.
Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem
smarter when they come at you rapidly.
And, the winner of the Washington
Post's Style Invitational:
Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and
an asshole.
- Amusing ESC 03/14/03