Here's some mirth for all to enjoy. I know I;ve seen this list somewhere else, so it's either plaigerised or someones really slow on the uptake at the Washington Post.
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Subject: Wordplay
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
supply a new definition. Here are the 2001 winners:
Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it
was your money to start with.
Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who
doesn't get it.
Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease (this one got extra credit).
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.
Glibido: All talk and no action.
Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at
you rapidly.
Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
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