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. Here are this year's winners:
1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people which stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of
getting laid.
3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject
financially impotent for an indefinite period.
4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
person who doesn't get it.
6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
7. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness.
8. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease.
9. Karmageddon (n): when everybody is sending off all these really bad
vibes, right? And then the Earth explodes and it's a serious bummer.
10. Decafalon (n.): The gruelling event of getting through the day
consuming only things that are good for you.
11. Glibido (v): All talk and no action.
12. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
13. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've
accidentally walked through a spider web.
14. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your
bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
15. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the
fruit you're eating.
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Re: New Words
Finally, something that perfectly explains why all logic dies a horrible and painful death where I work! I shall refer to this constantly when being faced with another stupid decision from someone that outranks me.JWR wrote: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. Here are this year's winners:
1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people which stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
Ain't it da truth? Gotta love high volume markets like San Francisco and New York!3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject
financially impotent for an indefinite period.
But something seemed to be missing..what's the "pick of the literature"?
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Yep.!! It's particularly disheartening when people with their heads firmly stuck in the bozone layer suffer fromcutiebunny wrote:Finally, something that perfectly explains why all logic dies a horrible and painful death where I work! I shall refer to this constantly when being faced with another stupid decision from someone that outranks me.JWR wrote: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. Here are this year's winners:
1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people which stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
There has to be one of those that describes the stupidity of someone who keeps hoping it'll stop...12. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
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