Each year the Washington Post's Style Invitational
> asks readers to take any
> word from the dictionary, alter it by adding,
> subtracting, or changing one
> letter and supply a new definition. I hope you will
> find a place in your
> vocabulary to use these words accordingly!
>
> Here are the 2001 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 having sex.
>
> 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. (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.
>
> Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to
> seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
>
> And, the pick of the literature:
>
> Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an
> asshole.
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