Take a word, any word...
'Here is the Washington Post's Mensa Invitational which once again asked readers to take any word
from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, changing one letter and supply a new definition.
Here are the winners:
1. Cashtration: The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an a--hole.
3. Intaxicaton: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5. Bozone: The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating now or in the near future.
6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting l--d.
7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
8. Caterpallor: The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
11. Decafalon: The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
12. Glibido: All talk and no action.
13. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
14. Arachnoleptic Fit: The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
15. Beelzebug: Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
16. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.'
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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby17.croterie a herd of old men, subject to whims, crankiness or ill temper.
[b]Take a word, any word...
'Here is the Washington Post's Mensa Invitational which once again asked readers to take any word
from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, changing one letter and supply a new definition.
Here are the winners:
1. Cashtration: The act of buying a house, which renders the subj ...[text shortened]...
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THE WASHINGTON POST HAS ALSO PUBLISHED THE WINNING SUBMISSIONS TO ITS YEARLY CONTEST, IN WHICH READERS ARE ASKED TO SUPPLY ALTERNATE MEANINGS FOR COMMON WORDS... AND THE WINNERS ARE:
1. coffee, n. the person upon whom one coughs.
2. flabbergasted, adj. appalled by discovering how much weight one has 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. absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.
7. lymph, v. to walk with a lisp.
8. gargoyle, n. olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. flatulence, n. emergency vehi cle that picks up someone who has been 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 bearing adopted by proctologists.
13. pokemon , n. a Rastafarian proctologist.
14. oyster, n. a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism, n. the belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. circumvent, n. an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyIgnoranus: A person who's both stupid and an a--hole.
[b]Take a word, any word...
'Here is the Washington Post's Mensa Invitational which once again asked readers to take any word
from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, changing one letter and supply a new definition.
Here are the winners:
1. Cashtration: The act of buying a house, which renders the subj ...[text shortened]...
17. ________________
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Lulz
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyYou can play a3 or stand on your head if that suits you, but what's the point
23. Yawn (to e4 or d4): To the evolving taste and sensibilities of some... so yesterday, knee-jerk and ho hum.
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of insulting those of us who prefer d4 or e4 or whatever works best for us?
Originally posted by HandyAndy25. Suuum Cuique: With a third training wheel for the tricycles of the technically competent/emotionally insecure still learning to pedal.
You can play a3 or stand on your head if that suits you, but what's the point
of insulting those of us who prefer d4 or e4 or whatever works best for us?
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26. Postitutes: Those who lurk beneath street lamps of public forums seeking some emotional small change or psychic income.
Originally posted by mikelomNote: 'Here is the Washington Post's Mensa Invitational which once again asked readers to take any word
[b] 27. Pokemikelom - an asset often used misapprorpriately to certain personnel present. 😉[/b]
from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, changing one letter and supply a new definition.'