Tuesday 7 October 2008

Words for the Week

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 some of this year's winners. None of them get through spellcheck.
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. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
4. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
5. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you're running late.
6. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these like, really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer. 
7. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into   your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out

[Thanks to Amazing Grace for these]

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1 comment:

  1. "Reintartion" is my favorite, and I'm sure I'll be telling it to everyone tomorrow!

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