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The Washington Post annually publishes a contest for readers
in which they > > are asked to supply alternate meanings for various words. The following were > > some of the winning entries in this year's contest: > > > > 1. Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon. > > > > 2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained. > > > > 3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. > > > > 4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk. > > > > 5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent. > > > > 6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly > > answer the door in your nightie. > > > > 7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp. > > > > 8. Gargoyle (n.), an olive-flavored mouthwash. > > > > 9. Flatulence (n.) the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are > > run over by a steamroller. > > > > 10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline. > > > > 11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam. > > > > 12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified demeanor assumed by a > > proctologist immediately before he examines you. > > > > 13. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish > > expressions. > > > > 14. Circumvent (n.), the opening in the front of boxer shorts. > > > > 15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), The belief that, when you die, your soul goes > > upon the roof and gets stuck there. > > > > 16. Pokemon (n), A Jamaican proctologist. > > > > Each year the Washington Post's Style Invitational asks readers to take any > > word from the dictionary alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one > > letter and then supply a new definition. Here are the 2001 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. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of > > getting laid. > > > > 4. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high. > > > > 5. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person > > who doesn't get it. > > > > 6. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late. > > > > 7. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness. > > > > 8. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (this one got extra credit) > > > > 9. 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. > > > > 10. Glibido: All talk and no action. > > > > 11. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they > > come at you rapidly. > > > > And, the pick of the literature: > > > > 12. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole. |
LOL.... those were great!
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ROFL @ 16. Pokemon (n), A Jamaican proctologist.
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dm383,
What a hoot! Love 'em! |
DM383, those were terrific. LMAO. Thanks for sharing them.
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Catching up on the threads here........
LMFAO dm! I, too, love the pokemon one! |
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