Memorial Day Edition: Neoglogisms
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:
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 between 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’s disease. (This one got extra credit.)
11. 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.
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
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May 30th, 2005 at 5:08 pm
Does anyone know if this contest is real? I’m guessing the Washington post is not going to publish the word “asshole” …
May 31st, 2005 at 12:19 am
I looked for it in Google and only found other blogs that had it. However, I liked it so much I ran with it. If it turns out to be a hoax so much the better as that can be the topic for another day.
May 31st, 2005 at 6:27 pm
You conveniently left out a few of the winners, including:
Ginsider: A trivial article that the Insider wastes a link on because he is wacked out on booze. (see also: Ginformed Sources).
Crocky: One of Rocky Petralia’s made-up news stories or film reviews.
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