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 some recent winners.

1) Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

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

3) Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

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

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

6) Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

7) Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease.

8) 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.

9) Glibido: All talk and no action.

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

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

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

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