uncle phil

Each year the Washington Post's Style Invitational asks readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting or changing only one letter, then supply a new definition. Here are the 2002 winners:

Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

Giraffiti: Vandalism painted very, very high.

Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

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.

Glibido: All talk and no action.

Dopeer Effect: The tendency for stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

And, the winner of the Washington Post's Style Invitational:

Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

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rundmv

haha, very funny...the last one was the best

TerresqueÜ

Ignoranus!!! That's great, wish I was creative like that!

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Gortexfogg

That "reintarnation" one is funny

CoinKing

ROFLMAO...these are great. Can I use them on the politicians I see in DC?

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Happyland

Degenerates always get extra credit baby!

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someone else here must like Walton & Johnson too

Yabbo

Lol they all gooood

gov135

I liked reintarnation. Thanks.

oblar

i think i have used sarchasm before

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Flesh

lol nice

matches

hahah sarchasm and ignoranus are great.

Slims

I am going to have to remember those. They seem like usefull words.

Great post.

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icy_ca

Always nice to be able to add some new words to my vocabulary...

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Bill O'Rights

Hah...ignoranus...I'm gonna use that one...a lot!

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It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

grumpyolddude

Everybody guilty of "foreploy" grin and look sheepish.

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GunslingerCold

Dopeer effect is the best. Im going to see if I can use that one in the middle of a school lesson.

OzOz

I saw a previous version of this a while back. The only one I can remember is "Raftafarianism: The belief that when you die, your soul goes up the roof and gets stuck there."

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