My sister sent me the following email.
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 2002 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.
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.
Dopeer Effect: The tendency for 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 a**hole.
;D Anyone here have any others?
