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Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its > yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate > meanings for common words. > The winners are: > > 1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs. > > 2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained. > > 3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. > > 4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk. > > 5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent. > > 6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly > answer > the door in your nightgown. > > 7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp. > > 8. Gargoyle (n.), olive-flavored mouthwash. > > 9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run > over > by a steamroller. > > 10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline. > > 11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam. > > 12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists. > > 13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist. > > 14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms. > > 15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand): The belief that, when > you die, your soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there. > > 16. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish > men. > > The Washington Post's Style Invitational also 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: > > 1. 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. > > 2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of > getting laid. > > 3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject > financially impotent for an indefinite period. > > 4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high. > > 5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person > who doesn't get it. > > 6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late. > > 7. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness. > > 8. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.) > > 9. Karmageddon (n): 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. > > 10. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming > only things that are good for you. > > 11. Glibido (v): All talk and no action. > > 12. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when > they come at you rapidly . > > 13. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've > accidentally walked through a spider web. > > 14. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your > bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out. > > 15. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the > fruit you're eating. >
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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Only in the Washington Post! Must have been a slow day for the political writers, eh? Oh well that's what we call freedom of the press. Always good for a laugh!!!!!!!!!
-------------------- Donald Miner ABCO Wholesale Neon 1168 Red Hill Creek Dobson, NC Posts: 842 | From: North Carolina | Registered: Apr 2006
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Ahhhhh the Post, G. Gordon Liddy's favorite rag to pick on, LOL. Thanks for the laffs you old green fart.
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"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Sir Issac Newton Posts: 3528 | From: Warner Robins, GA | Registered: Oct 2004
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Lets put a letterville spin on these, and see where they go..
lettervillian (n) - People who post in letterville
lettervillan (n)- People who (are no longer allowed to) post in letterville
Siatic nerve (n) - The siatic nerve is a large nerve. If the Siatic nerve is injured or becomes inflamed, it causes symptoms called Siatica. Siatica can cause intense pain along any part of the sciatica nerve pathway - from the buttocks to the toes. (i.e. Si can be a pain in the @ss... lol)
Opstinance (adj)- stubbornness, bullheadedness, opstinacy, opstinance, pigheadedness, self-will resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires (anyone we know???)
Coroqueen (n) - see Jill
Stevo (n) - see Jill
PITA (adj) - Pleasant Individual That Asperates (To make uneven: roughen) - for a much more complete and uncensored definition - see Karen
anyone else???
-------------------- "Are we having fun yet?" Peter Schuttinga DZines Sign Studio 1617 Millstream rd Victoria BC V9B-6G4 Posts: 521 | From: Victoria BC | Registered: Mar 2002
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You mentioned pigheadedness as one of the synonyms for Opstinance. Since the inspiration of Opstinace is a vegetarian, I think tofuheadedness is a more accurate description.
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5084 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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I stand corrected, well said David. Is Tofuheadedness your contribution to the Letterville neologism?
on that note, here's another:
bathing bootie (n) - 'Op in speedo'
-------------------- "Are we having fun yet?" Peter Schuttinga DZines Sign Studio 1617 Millstream rd Victoria BC V9B-6G4 Posts: 521 | From: Victoria BC | Registered: Mar 2002
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hey i just posted it......pick on si some more.... CAMELLODEIAN....SI ARABIC LETER.....SI PAINTALOFICUS.....SI ANTIQUE ARAB PROPERTY.....SI iam hitin it?
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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sandalous (n) - disgraceful: giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; "scandalous behavior",i.e. sign painting barefoot;
sensable (v) - a brush capable of being perceived by the senses;
maulstick (n) - \Maul"-stick`\, A stick used by painters as a rest for the hand while applying a beating to a customer with 'nephew art' with the other hand. [Written also mahl-stick.]
pinstripper (n) - a fine line painter that is disrobed after pulling a long line.
oh, yeah, back to work...
-------------------- "Are we having fun yet?" Peter Schuttinga DZines Sign Studio 1617 Millstream rd Victoria BC V9B-6G4 Posts: 521 | From: Victoria BC | Registered: Mar 2002
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we could pick on BOOONE..... 1.BOONE........1ST BORN COUNTRY BOY NAMED BO.....
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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