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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 supply a new definition.
Here are the 2003 winners:
INTAXICATION: Euphoria at getting a tax
refund, which lasts until you realize 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.
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.
Special thanks to Steve for sending
me this gem... |
