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.
Here are this year’s (2005) winners:
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Cashtration: The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
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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.
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Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
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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.
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Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
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Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it.
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Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
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Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
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Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease.
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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.
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Decafalon: The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you
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Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
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Glibido: All talk and no action.
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Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
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Arachnoleptic fit: The frantic dance performed just after you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web.
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Beelzebug: Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
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Caterpallor: The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you’re eating.
