Sent to me by a friend, this appears, after a bit of research, to have nothing to do with The Washington Post despite being dubbed “The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational.”
The premise is that contestants were tasked with taking any word from the dictionary, altering it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supplying a new definition.
This list, circulating as “this year’s winners,” includes some words that should probably be in the language no matter what the origin of this list. None of them will pass spell check, not that it matters. (And before you ask, my spelling is so crappy that I can not vouch that each of these words meets contest’s criteria.)
- Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
- Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
- 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.
- Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
- Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
- Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it.
- Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
- Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
- Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
- 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.
- Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
- Glibido: All talk and no action.
- Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
- Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web.
- Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
- Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you’re eating.
And the pick of the lot
- Ignoranus: A person who’s both stupid and an asshole
Funtastic (a): diverting and fabulous at the same time.
STB
Go Astros…
This could be a fun idea for a future entry, although I seriously doubt I could be as clever as these folks were about it.