Tuesday, June 9, 2009

New terms from the Mesa Invitational

I couldn't resist passing these along:

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 supply a new definition.

Here are this year's winners. Read them carefully. Each is an artificial word with only one letter altered from a real word. Some are terrifically innovative.

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

Reintarnation
Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

Bozone
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.

Cashtration
The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.

Giraffiti
Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

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

Inoculatte
To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

Hipatitis
Terminal coolness

Osteopornosis
A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

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.

Decafalon
The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you

Glibido
All talk and no action

Dopeler Effect
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

Arachnoleptic Fit
The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

Beelzebug
Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

Caterpallor
The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

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

2 comments:

Sam said...

THOSE are good! :) Wish I woulda thought of them! :)

Amy said...

Wow!