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. Each is an artificial word with only one letter altered to form a real word:
\n1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
\n2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
\n3. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people, that stops bright ideas from penetrating.
\nThe Bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
\n4. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for
\nan indefinite period of time.
\n5. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
\n6. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it.
\n7. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
\n8. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
\n9. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
\n10. Karmageddon: It’s like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right?
\nAnd then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s like, a serious bummer.
\n11. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
\n12. Glibido: All talk and no action.
\n13. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
\n14. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web.
\n15. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in
\nthe morning and cannot be cast out.
\n16. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you’re eating.
\nAnd the pick of the lot:
\n17. Ignoranus: A person who’s both stupid and an asshole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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