A Few New Words
Posted by Kirk M on 01 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Just Foolin
Another one from the mailbag. It’s from 3 years ago but it’s still funny.
The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to
take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or
changing one letter, and supplying a new definition. Here are this
year’s {2005} winners.
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the
subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
2. Ignoranus: A person who’s both stupid and an asshole.
3. Intaxication: 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. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
11. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
12. 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.
13. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
consuming only things that are good for you.
14. Glibido: All talk and no action.!
15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when
they come at you rapidly.
16. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after
you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web.
17. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into
your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
18. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in
the fruit you’re eating.
Hope you studied these carefully. There might be a quiz later. 
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6 Comments »
on 04 Apr 2008 at 12:21 pm 1.Computer Repair said …
OMG, I haven’t laughed that hard for a while. You need an “Email to friend” plugin.
on 04 Apr 2008 at 5:59 pm 2.K8 said …
Thanks for blipping on my blog and reminding me of this! I read it out to my buddy when I first came across it and had a right howl.. especially at Sarchasm and the Dopeler effect
I can never comment when people want to read blogs over my shoulder though, apparently it’s inconsiderate, which was stupid in this case as this particular friend was chewing gum in my ear at the time.
I hope I can remember these. I get Arseheimer’s, you see. It’s a very serious condition where very interesting information just seems to fall out my… well, you know.
on 05 Apr 2008 at 10:58 am 3.Kirk M said …
Ah, K8. You can always turn a phrase. I get that too (arseheimers) although I’ve never quite heard it put that way. I like it! In fact I think I was born with it.
Strange…I always remember information that has absolutely no use whatsoever. Go figure.
on 05 Apr 2008 at 12:33 pm 4.caleb said …
Ignoranus !!! that that is some fine word fusion, I just wonder if people will understand the HOLE meaning of the word?
ps. I stumbled this
on 05 Apr 2008 at 1:28 pm 5.Kirk M said …
@Repair,
I’ll see if I can find one. I’ve been thinking of going to “Share This”.
@Caleb,
Thanks for the Stumble!
on 07 Apr 2008 at 2:15 am 6.Sunny said …
Ignoranus and Bozone!!! Very funny these words. I think these both are my favourit