Posted by Patrish (208.32.6.133) on April 30, 2003 at 23:38:36:
:: originally posted 2-22-03
Each year the Washington Post's Style Invitational asks readers to take anyword from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing only one letter and supply a new definition. These were the 2002 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) Giraffiti: Vandalism painted very, very high.
4) Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
5) Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
6) Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
7) Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got honorable mention).
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.
9) Glibido: All talk and no action.
10) Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
11) Dopeer Effect: The tendency for stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
And, the winner of the Washington Post's Style Invitational:
12) Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.