Here are some winners of this year’s 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 supplying a new
definition:
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which
renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite
period of time.
2. Ignoranus: A person who is both stupid and an
asshole.
3. Intaxication: 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 (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: Any misrepresentation about yourself for
the purpose of getting laid.
7.Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
8.Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit
and the person who doesn’t get it.
9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are
running late.
10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got
extra credit.)
11. 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.