
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thank you SO much…. The is utterly hilarious…. I’m sitting here laughing out loud !! 😀<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 26 Feb 2022, at 21:09, Mark Carmel via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" class="">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:13.3333px;background:white" dir="auto" class=""><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" dir="auto" class=""><div style="width:328px;margin:16px 0px" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div style="font-family:'helvetica neue','helvetica','arial',sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(38,40,42)" class=""><div class=""><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:navy;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" class="">ENGLISH Mensa Invitational - for lexophiles</span></strong><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'helvetica','arial',sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)" dir="auto" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" dir="auto" class=""><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" dir="auto" class=""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica',sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)" class=""> </span></div><div style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" dir="auto" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:navy" 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><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div></div><div style="color: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