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The Washington Post's Style Invitational once again 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:
Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright
ideas from penetrating. The bozone, unfortunately, shows little sign of
breaking down in the near future.
Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject
financially impotent for an indefinite period.
Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
person who doesn't get it.
Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit)
Karmageddon (n): It's like, when everybody is sending off all these,
like, really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and
it's like, a serious bummer.
Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
consuming only things that are good for you.
Glibido (v): All talk and no action.
Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when
they come very quickly.
Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your
bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the
fruit you're eating.
Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of
getting laid.
And the pick of the literature:
Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an a---hole.
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:
Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright
ideas from penetrating. The bozone, unfortunately, shows little sign of
breaking down in the near future.
Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject
financially impotent for an indefinite period.
Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
person who doesn't get it.
Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit)
Karmageddon (n): It's like, when everybody is sending off all these,
like, really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and
it's like, a serious bummer.
Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
consuming only things that are good for you.
Glibido (v): All talk and no action.
Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when
they come very quickly.
Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your
bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the
fruit you're eating.
Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of
getting laid.
And the pick of the literature:
Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an a---hole.
