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New Definitions of Altered Words
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| The Washington Post's Style
Invitational asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding,
subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Recent 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.
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.
Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole. | |
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