If Mensa Can Do It, Why Can't We?

[bishopx]

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, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.

 

1. Cashtration (v.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.

 

2. Ignoranus (n.): A person who's both stupid and an @$$hole.

 

3. Intaxication (n.): Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

 

4. Reintarnation (n.): Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

 

5. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

 

6. Foreploy (v.): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

 

7. Giraffiti (n.): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high

 

8. Sarchasm (n.): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

 

9. Inoculatte (v.): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

 

10. Osteopornosis (n.): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

 

11. Karmageddon (n.): 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.

 

12. Decafalon (n.): The gruelling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

 

13. Glibido (n.): All talk and no action.

 

14. Dopeler Effect (n.): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

 

15. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

 

16. Beelzebug (n.) : Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

 

17. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

Edited November 4, 2008 by bishopx