(GWL) - Washington Post's Style Invitational

**"Sandie Parrott" r*@comcast.net**

There are some writing and gardening references and I know everyone
loves to play with words...

Sandie Parrott
>
>
> > The Washington Post's Style Invitational has once again challenged
its
> > readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding,
> > subtracting or changing a letter, and supplying a new definition
for it.
> > The following is a list of the 2003 entries.
> >
> >
> > BOZONE
> > 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.
> >
> > FOREPLOY
> > Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting
laid.
> >
> > CASHTRATION
> > The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially
impotent
> > for an indefinite period.
> >
> > CATERPALLOR
> > The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're
eating.
> >
> > GIRAFFITI
> > Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
> >
> > INOCULATTE
> > To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
> >
> > HIPATITIS
> > Terminal coolness.
> >
> > OSTEOPORNOSIS
> > A degenerate disease.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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
> > The gueling 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 to you
> rapidly.
> >
> > ARACHNOLEPTIC FIT
> > The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked
through
> a
> > spider web.
> >
> > BEELZEBUG
> > Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at
three in
> the
> > morning and cannot be cast out.
> >
> > IGNORANUS
> > A person who's both stupid and an as*hole.
> >
> > SARCHASM
> > The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who
doesn't
> get
> > it.
> >
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