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New Definitions of Altered Words


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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