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Thu 16 Dec, 2004 08:04 am
Once again, The Washington Post published its yearly contest in which
readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for various words.
And the winners are...
1. Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon.
2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have 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.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly
answer the door in your nightgown.
7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle (n.), an olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence (n.) the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are
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 demeanor assumed by a
proctologist immediately before he examines you.
13. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish
expressions.
14. Pokemon (n), A Jamaican proctologist.
15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), The belief that, when you die your Soul goes up
on the roof and gets stuck there.
16. Circumvent (n.), the opening in the front of boxer shorts.
Hilarious, George. You certainly gave me the laugh that I needed this morning.
pumpkin- Relatives that ask embarrassing questions that are none of their business.
cyclone- To exhale audibly in a long deep breath, for a second time.
contest- Aptitude exam given to newly arrived prisoners.
pork chop- To cut unnecessary expenses from Congressional bills (obs.)
puerile- Any of the uninhabited, pristine keys that make up the Virgin Island chain
Very nice, george, thank you.
feenix- pro bono
BigD-ice-Texas solution to a stretch limo's glazed windshield.
How about Alphabetical Neologism?
Algebra (n), A device to stop algae bouncing about.
Banknote -- Christmas carolers in front the Bank of America building.
(OK, who's up for 'C'?)
Charlotte rousse- A Russian emigre ballet troupe based in North Carolina.
Diode - Poem with two verses.
Euphemism (n) 25 country bloc of shorter than average feminists, in Western Europe
Farthing- An object that is not nearby.
histrionics - a man's soft-shell tortoise
hirsute -- the outfit she's wearing today.
Addiction
Addiction - when a male's attempts for sex are turned down...