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The Washington Post Style 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 for the resulting word. Here are this year's winners.
I'm sure that you'll find some people among these who you've met or has dealings with, in the course of your daily work.
1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a Tax Refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a Hillbilly.
3. 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.
4. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself made for the purpose of getting laid.
5. Cashtration: The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
6. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray painted very, very high.
7. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit, and the person who just doesn't get ti.
8. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously, when you are running late.
9. Hipatitis: Terminal Coolness
10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease ( This one got extra credit)
11. Karmageddon: It's like when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then the Earth explodes and it's like a serious bummer.
12. Decafalon: The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
13. Glibido: All talk and no action.
14. Dopeler Effect: The tendancy of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
15. Arachnoleptic Fit: The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked into a spider web.
16. Beelzebug: Satan, in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at 3:00 A.M. and can't be cast out.
17. Caterpallor: The color you turn after finding a half-eaten grub in the fruit you've just eaten.
18. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid...and an asshole.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if some of you have met some of the newly-defined folks on the list.
-------------------- Ken Henry Henry & Henry Signs London, Ontario Canada (519) 439-1881 e-mail: kjmlhenry@rogers.com
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