| The Washington Post's Style
Invitational 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 some recent
winners:
Foreploy - any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of obtaining sex
Giraffiti - vandalism spray-painted very very high
Sarchasm - the gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the recipient who
doesn't get it
Inoculatte - to take coffee intravenously when you are running late
Hipatitis - terminal coolness
Osteopornosis - a degenerate disease
Burglesque - a poorly-planned break-in
Karmageddon - its like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes
right?
And
then, like, the Earth explodes and its 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
Intaxication - euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until to realise it was
your money to start with
Ignoranus - a person who's both stupid and an arsehole.
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