Mensa Invitational

[anacostiakat]

Some of these are pretty good!

The Washington Post's ~ Mensa 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.

Here are this year's winners. Read them carefully. Each is an artificial word with only one letter altered to form a real word. Some are terrifically innovative:

17. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you

realize it was your money to start with.

16. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

15. 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.

14. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the

subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.

13. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

12. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person

who doesn't get it.

11. Inoculatte : To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

10. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

9. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

8. 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.

7. Decafalon (n.): The gruelling event of getting through the day

consuming only things that are good for you.

6. Glibido: All talk and no action.

5. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when

they come at you rapidly.

4. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after

you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

3. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your

bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

2. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding 1/2 a worm-in & fruit you're eating. ~

AND The top pick: #1 ~ Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid & an *******..:!!!

[puros1969]

Funny Stuff. I'll have to use a few of those. Taking full credit of course.