> For the student of letters.
>
> 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. Read them carefully. Each is an
> artificial word with only one letter altered to form a real word.
> Some are terrifically innovative:
>
>
> 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. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the
> subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
>
> 5. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
>
> 6. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
> person who doesn't get it.
>
> 7. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running
> late.
>
> 8. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
>
> 9. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
>
> 10. 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.
>
> 11. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
> consuming only things that are good for you.
>
> 12. Glibido: All talk and no action
>
> 13. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter
> when they come at you rapidly.
>
> 14. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just
> after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
>
> 15. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets
> into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
>
> 16. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a
> worm in the fruit you're eating.
>
> And, the pick of the lot...
>
> 17. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an *******.

 

#10 made me laugh..