Altered Definitions
Forwarded from a friend!
>
> >> > Each year the Washington Post's Style Invitational asks readers to take
>>
>> any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or
>> changing one letter and supply a new definition.
>> > >
>> > > Here are the winners:
>> > >
>> > > 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.
>> > >
>> > > 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.
>> > >
>> > > Glibido: All talk and no action.
>> > >
>> > > Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to
>> > > seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
>> > >
>> > > And, the pick of the literature:
>> > >
>> > > Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
(UGH! I don't like THAT word - the one at the end of the definition!)
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