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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