The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.<\/p>\n
Here are the winners:<\/p>\n
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.<\/p>\n
\u00a02 Ignoranus: A person who’s both stupid and an asshole.<\/p>\n
3. Intaxicaton: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.<\/p>\n
4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.<\/p>\n
5. 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<\/p>\n
6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid..<\/p>\n
7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high<\/p>\n
8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it.<\/p>\n
9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.<\/p>\n
10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
12. Decafalon(n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.<\/p>\n
13. Glibido: All talk and no action.<\/p>\n
14. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.<\/p>\n
15. Arachnoleptic Fit(n.): The frantic dance performed just after you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
17. Caterpallor(n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you’re eating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational once again invited 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: 1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time. … <\/p>\n