The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational 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.
>
>Here are this year's winners. None of them get through spell check.
>
>1. *Intaxication*: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until
you
>realize it was your money to start with.
>
>2. *Reintarnation*: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
>
>3. *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.
>
>4. *Foreploy*: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of
>getting laid.
>
>5. *Cashtration* (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the
subject
>financially impotent for an indefinite period.
>
>6. *Giraffiti*: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
>
>7. *Sarchasm*: The gulf b etween the author of sarcastic wit and the
person
>who doesn't get it.
>
>8.* Inoculatte*: To take coffee intravenously when you are running
late.
>
>9.* Hipatitis*: Terminal coolness.
>
>10. *Osteopornosis*: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra
credit.)
>
>11. *Karmageddon*: It's like, when everybody is sending off these bad
>vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a
serious
>bummer.
>
>12. *Decafalon* (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
>consuming only things that are good for you.
>
>13. *Glibido*: All talk and no action.
>
>14. *Dopeler effect*: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter
when
>they come at you rapidly.
>
>15. *Arachnoleptic fit* (n.): The frantic dance performed just after
you've
>accidentally walked through a spider web.
>
>16. *Beelzebug *(n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into
your
>bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
>
>
>17. *Caterpallor* (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm
in the
>fruit you're eating.
>
>And the pick of the literature:
>
>18. *Ignoranus*: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
>