Post by ramone on Mar 11, 2009 10:56:37 GMT -5
Here are the winners of this year's 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:
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which
renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus: A person who is both stupid and an ---hole.
3. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund,
which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
4. 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.
5. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
6. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
7. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
8. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
9. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
10. Glibido: All talk and no action.
11. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
12. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
13. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which
renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus: A person who is both stupid and an ---hole.
3. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund,
which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
4. 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.
5. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
6. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
7. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
8. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
9. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
10. Glibido: All talk and no action.
11. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
12. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
13. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
