In case you missed it. Here is the Washington Post's Mensa Invitational, which 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.
The winners
are:
1.
Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders
the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of
time.
2. Ignoranus:
A person who's both stupid and an a--hole.
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 when everybody is sending off all these
really bad vibes, and then the Earth explodes, and it's 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.