[extropy-chat] Washington Post Word Style Invitational Winners of 2003 (and 04)

[natashavita at earthlink.net]

A friend of mind told me about the Washington Post's Style Invitational
which asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by
adding, subtracting, or changing one lette, and supply a new definition.  

Here are the 2003 winners which I enjoyed reading today.  (2004 winners are
located here
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3013-2004Oct2.html)


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

2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly

3. Bozone: 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.

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

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

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

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

8. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

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

10. 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.

11. Decafalon: The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only
things that are good for you.

12. Glibido: All talk and no action.

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

14. Arachnoleptic fit: The frantic dance performed just after you've
accidentally walked through a spider web.

15.Beelzebug: Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at
three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

16. Caterpallor: The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit
you're eating.

17. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an a$$shole.
And the pick of the literature:

18. Optorectomy -- Surgery to remove the nerve running from the eyeball to
the rectum, which cures a crappy outlook on life.


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