The Washington Post's 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. Here are this year's
> winners:
> 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 (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.
> 4. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of
> getting laid.
> 5. Cashtration (n.): 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 doesn't get it.
> 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, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a
> serious bummer.
> 12. Decafalon (n.): 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 tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they
> come at you rapidly.
> 15. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've
> accidentally walked through a spider web.
> 16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your
> bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
> 17. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the
> fruit you're eating.
> And the pick of the literature:
18. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid
> and an a______.
> 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. 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 (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.
> 4. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of
> getting laid.
> 5. Cashtration (n.): 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 doesn't get it.
> 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, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a
> serious bummer.
> 12. Decafalon (n.): 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 tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they
> come at you rapidly.
> 15. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've
> accidentally walked through a spider web.
> 16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your
> bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
> 17. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the
> fruit you're eating.
> And the pick of the literature:
18. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid
> and an a______.
