Washington Post's Mensa Invitational

[Cheshire Figment]

In case you missed it. 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.
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The winners are:

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's 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. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

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

12. Karmageddon: It's when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, and then the Earth explodes, and it's a serious bummer.

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

14. Glibido: All talk and no action.

15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

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

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

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

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Those are great!!

I think that number 2 is an the daffynition of an SG!!

[Ms. Matterhorn]

#16! I can just picture it, with "He's a maniac" playing in the background!

[felinefan]

Once again, I am glad I was not eating or drinking anything while reading that! You guys always brighten my day!

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Once again, I am glad I was not eating or drinking anything while reading that! You guys always brighten my day!

Maybe you should try RUM.

RUM is for FUN!!


hehehehehe

[Purpura]

Rum makes you feel DUM if you drink too much of it.
:elephant1 :elephant1 :elephant1 Not to mention see these fine creatures on parade...

[Big Wallaby]

Sarchasm should be disqualified. I first heard that one five or more years ago. I might even have been in high school at the time...

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Rum makes you feel DUM if you drink too much of it.
:elephant1 :elephant1 :elephant1 Not to mention see these fine creatures on parade...

Well, I suppose thats true if you are a youngster, most adults can handle a bit of rum!

(and the TRUE quote that you said is incomplete, it has another "line", but can't be posted !)

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Sarchasm should be disqualified. I first heard that one five or more years ago. I might even have been in high school at the time...

Now that you mention it, some seem to be familer.

Hmmmm.