“New Words”
For the four of you who have never seen this before – or those of you who have but don’t remember diddly-squat about it, the following “new” words are pretty creative. I’ll leave the next paragraph just as I got it (and essentially the way it’s been appearing in e-mails, blogs and web sites for the past few years) if you’ll promise to read the brief clarification at the end of the word list. Thanx…
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 the 2005 winners:
1 Cashtration
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 asshole.
3 Intaxication
Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realizea it was your money to start with.
4 Reintarnation
Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5 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.
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
The gruelling 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
The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
17 Beelzebug
Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
18 Caterpallor
The colour you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
**Clarification – It appears that this is likely from the Washington Post but it doesn’t have anything to do with Mensa. It is apparently from a weekly “Style Invitational” feature that has been running for a bunch of years in the WP. The date of this particular item is likely not 2005 and may have been as early as 1998. Dunno for sure… Anyway, thanx Washington Post – I think –for the neat new words! (OK, so this is sort of a half-assed “clarification”. I do what I can do…)
For the four of you who have never seen this before – or those of you who have but don’t remember diddly-squat about it, the following “new” words are pretty creative. I’ll leave the next paragraph just as I got it (and essentially the way it’s been appearing in e-mails, blogs and web sites for the past few years) if you’ll promise to read the brief clarification at the end of the word list. Thanx…
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 the 2005 winners:
1 Cashtration
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 asshole.
3 Intaxication
Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realizea it was your money to start with.
4 Reintarnation
Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5 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.
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
The gruelling 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
The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
17 Beelzebug
Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
18 Caterpallor
The colour you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
**Clarification – It appears that this is likely from the Washington Post but it doesn’t have anything to do with Mensa. It is apparently from a weekly “Style Invitational” feature that has been running for a bunch of years in the WP. The date of this particular item is likely not 2005 and may have been as early as 1998. Dunno for sure… Anyway, thanx Washington Post – I think –for the neat new words! (OK, so this is sort of a half-assed “clarification”. I do what I can do…)
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