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Washington
Post's
Style Invitational
Each
year the Washington Post's Style Invitational
asks readers to take any word
from the dictionary,
alter it by adding, subtracting,
or changing one letter and
supply a new definition.
Here
are the 2001 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 spray-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 pick of the literature:
Ignoranus:
A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
Editor's
Note: I suspect this one will enter the English Language as a permanent
reference to you-know-who.