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<p>With all of the mess going on in the world at the moment I needed
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Thank you SO much…. The is utterly hilarious…. I’m sitting here
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dir="auto" class=""><strong
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class="">The Washington Post
Mensa Invitational once again
invited readers to take any
word from the dictionary,
alter it by adding,
subtracting, or changing one
letter, and supply a new
definition.</span></strong><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica',sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"
class=""> </span><strong
class=""><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">Here are the winners:<br
class="">
</span></strong><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""><br class="">
<strong class="">-------------------------------------------------<br
class="">
</strong></span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">1.<strong class=""> Cashtration</strong> (n.): </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">The act of buying a
house, which renders the subject
financially impotent for an
indefinite period of time.</span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""> <br class="">
<br class="">
<br class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">2.<strong class=""> Ignoranus</strong>: </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">A person who's both
stupid and an asshole.<br
class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""><br class="">
3.<strong class=""> Intaxicaton</strong>: </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">Euphoria at getting a
tax refund, which lasts until
you realize it was your money to
start with.<br class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""><br class="">
4.<strong class=""> Reintarnation</strong>: </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">Coming back to life as
a hillbilly.<br class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""><br class="">
5.<strong class=""> Bozone</strong> (n.): </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">The substance
surrounding stupid people that
stops bright ideas from
penetrating. The bozone layer,
unfortunately, shows little sign
of breaking down in the near
future. <br class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""><br class="">
6.<strong class=""> Foreploy</strong>:</span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica',sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"
class=""> </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">Any misrepresentation
about yourself for the purpose
of getting lai</span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"
class="">d.</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""> <br class="">
<br class="">
7.<strong class=""> Giraffiti</strong>: </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">Vandalism spray-painted
very, very high.<br class="">
<br class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">8.<strong class=""> Sarchasm</strong>: </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">The gulf between the
author of sarcastic wit and the
person who doesn't get it.<br
class="">
<br class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">9.<strong class=""> Inoculatte</strong>: </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">To take coffee
intravenously when you are
running late.<br class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""><br class="">
10.<strong class=""> Osteopornosis</strong>: </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">A degenerate disease.<strong
class="">(</strong>This one
got extra credit)<br class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""><br class="">
11.<strong class=""> Karmageddon</strong>: </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">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.<br class="">
<br class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">12.<strong class=""> Decafalon</strong>(n):</span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">The</span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica',sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"
class=""> </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">grueling event of
getting through the day
consuming only things that are
good for you.<br class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""><br class="">
13.<strong class=""> Glibido</strong>: </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">All talk and no
action. <br class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""><br class="">
14.<strong class=""> Dopeler
Effect</strong>: </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">The tendency of stupid
ideas to seem smarter when they
come at you rapidly. <br
class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""><br class="">
15.<strong class=""> Arachnoleptic
Fit</strong> (n.): </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">The frantic dance
performed just after you've
accidentally walked through a
spider web.<br class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""><br class="">
16.<strong class=""> Beelzebug</strong> (n.): </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">Satan in the form of a
mosquito, that gets into your
bedroom at three in the morning
and cannot be cast out.<br
class="">
</span><strong class=""><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""><br class="">
</span></strong><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">17.<strong class=""> Caterpallor</strong> (n.): </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">The color you turn
after finding half a worm in the
fruit you're eating. <br
class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""><br class="">
<br class="">
<br class="">
</span><strong class=""><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">The WashingtonPost
has also published the winning
submissions to its yearly
contest, in which readers are
asked to supply alternate
meanings for common words.<br
class="">
<br class="">
And the winners are:<br
class="">
<br class="">
</span></strong><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">1.<strong class=""> Coffee</strong>,
n. </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">The person upon whom
one coughs. <br class="">
<br class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">2.<strong class=""> Flabbergasted</strong>,</span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica',sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"
class=""> </span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">adj. </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">Appalled by discovering
how much weight one has gained. <br
class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""><br class="">
3. </span><strong class=""><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"
class="">A</span></strong><strong
class=""><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">bdicate</span></strong><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">, v. </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">To give up all hope of
ever having a flat stomach.<br
class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""><br class="">
4.<strong class=""> Esplanade</strong>,
v. </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">To attempt an
explanation while drunk.<br
class="">
<br class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">5.<strong class=""> Willy-nilly</strong>,
adj. </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">Impotent. <br class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""><br class="">
6.<strong class=""> Negligent</strong>,
adj. </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">Absent mindedly
answering the door when wearing
only a nightgown.<br class="">
<br class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">7.<strong class=""> Lymph</strong>,
v. </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">To walk with a lisp.<br
class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""><br class="">
8.<strong class=""> Gargoyle</strong>,
n. </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">Olive-flavored
mouthwash.<br class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""><br class="">
9.<strong class=""> Flatulence</strong>,
n. </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">Emergency vehicle that
picks up someone who has been
run over by a steamroller.<br
class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""><br class="">
10.<strong class=""> Balderdash</strong>,
n. </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">A rapidly receding
hairline.<br class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""><br class="">
11.<strong class=""> Testicle</strong>,
n. </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">A humorous question on
an exam. <br class="">
</span><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""><br class="">
12.<strong class=""> Rectitude</strong>,
n. </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">The formal, dignified
bearing adopted by
proctologists. <br class="">
<br class="">
13. </span><strong class=""><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">Pokemon</span></strong><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">, n.</span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""> A Rastafarian
proctologist. <br class="">
<br class="">
14. </span><strong class=""><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">Oyster</span></strong><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">, n.</span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""> A person who sprinkles
his conversation with
Yiddishisms. <br class="">
<br class="">
15. </span><strong class=""><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">Frisbeetarianism</span></strong><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">, n.</span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class=""> The belief that, after
death, the soul flies up onto
the roof and gets stuck there.<br
class="">
<br class="">
16. </span><strong class=""><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">Circumvent</span></strong><span
style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">, n. </span><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy"
class="">An opening in the front
of boxer shorts worn by Jewish
men.</span></div>
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