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Mon 23 Nov, 2009 08:40 am
The Washington Post's Style Invitational also asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new Definition.
This year's winners:
1. 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.
2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late
7 Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness.
8. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
9. Karmageddon (n): its 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. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
11. Glibido (v): All talk and no action.
12. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
13. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
14. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out
15. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating.
And the pick of the literature:
16. Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
@Advocate,
Palygamy (n) : Cruising on Clapham Common.
@Advocate,
These were all published on the bad jokes thread more than a week ago, I believe. In fact, I printed them out!
@Advocate,
#1 and #16 are thick on the political threads
i firmly embrace both ideas
@Merry Andrew,
You must be a tough audience. This is hardly a bad joke, being very clever and funny.
Undrew.(v) past tense of removing a lady's drawstring.
@Advocate,
Advocate wrote:
You must be a tough audience. This is hardly a bad joke, being very clever and funny.
No, I agree with you totally. I was surprised that anyone would post it at that sad venue.
Talibanter: the light banter that Taliban fighters engage in on their off time
Flamboyant: the superpower ability to float on water while engulfed in flames
Stereotype: the tiny writing on the back of your stereo system that includes the serial number
For some reason I feel compelled to invent new words or create new definitions for old words. I've got lists of them posted on my blog. Please come by for a visit:
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