The Washington Post's Style invitational 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 some winners.
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Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
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Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
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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.
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Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
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Cashtration: (n.) The act of buying a house (or a gun), which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
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Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very, high.
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Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it
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Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
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Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
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Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit).
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Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is, like, sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a totally serious bummer.
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Decaflon: (n.) The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you
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Glibido: All talk and no action.
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Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
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Arachnoleptic fit: (n.) The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
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Beelzebug: (n.) Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at 3 in the morning and cannot be cast out.
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Caterpallor: (n.) The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating.
And the pick of the literature -
- Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
-- JimBesemer
From an email received today
- Agonying: describing a particular customer of ours.
Animelds are related: http://www.wunderland.com/WTS/Alison/B3Bits/animelds/index.html
had a colleague who was upset at a change and email the culprit to ask why he had 'modefiled' his code. this is now a standard for any blundering change where i work -- JamesKeogh
My favorites:
- Robusted -- the code you added to make the software more robust actually broke it
- Suffercated -- asphyxiated by a bad smell (typically flatulence)