[BITList] Intellectual Humour For You Wordsmiths -- Washington Post play on words...

[John Feltham]

The  Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any  word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one  letter, and supply a new definition. 

Here are the  winners: 

1.  Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject  financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.

2.  Ignoranus : A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

3.  Intaxicaton : Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with..

4. Reintarnation :  Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

5. Bozone ( n.): The  substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from  penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future. 

6.  Foreploy : Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid. 

7. Giraffiti : Vandalism spray-painted very, very high 

8.. Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

9. Inoculatte  : To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

10.  Osteopornosis : A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

11. 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. 

12. Decafalon (n.):  The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are  good for you.

13.. Glibido : All talk and no action.  

14. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. 

15. Arachnoleptic Fit  (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

17. Caterpallor ( n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
 

The   Washington  Post has also published the winning submissions to its  yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for  common words.

And the winners are:

1.  Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs. 

2.  Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has  gained. 

3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

4. Esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.

5. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent. 

6.  Negligent, adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a  nightgown.

7. Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp.

8.  Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.

9. Flatulence, n.  Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.

10. Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline.

11. Testicle, n. A humorous question on an exam.  

12. Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists. 

13. Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist.  

14 .  Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.

15 . Circumvent, n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.






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