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uncle phil · 07-02-2003, 11:21 AM

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.

rundmv · 07-02-2003, 11:25 AM

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

TerresqueÜ · 07-02-2003, 02:11 PM

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

Gortexfogg · 07-02-2003, 02:40 PM

That "reintarnation" one is funny

CoinKing · 07-02-2003, 03:38 PM

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

Happyland · 07-02-2003, 03:45 PM

Degenerates always get extra credit baby!

Yabbo · 07-02-2003, 04:03 PM

Lol they all gooood

gov135 · 07-02-2003, 04:32 PM

I liked reintarnation. Thanks.

oblar · 07-02-2003, 05:36 PM

i think i have used sarchasm before

Flesh · 07-02-2003, 06:33 PM

lol nice

07-02-2003, 09:40 PM

hahah sarchasm and ignoranus are great.

Slims · 07-03-2003, 01:55 AM

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

Great post.

icy_ca · 07-03-2003, 07:30 AM

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

Bill O'Rights · 07-03-2003, 10:45 AM

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

grumpyolddude · 07-04-2003, 11:00 AM

Everybody guilty of "foreploy" grin and look sheepish.

GunslingerCold · 07-04-2003, 11:31 AM

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

OzOz · 07-05-2003, 01:16 AM

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."

DarkerFire · 07-05-2003, 10:45 AM

Clever

The Darker Fire Within

07-02-2003, 11:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Word Play 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. __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-02-2003, 02:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
TerresqueÜ Hiding Out	Ignoranus!!! That's great, wish I was creative like that! __________________ Say yes to the 'Tilted Roleplaying' Forum http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1932&highlight=petition

07-02-2003, 03:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
CoinKing Upright Location: Washington, DC	ROFLMAO...these are great. Can I use them on the politicians I see in DC? __________________ Michael Strong

07-02-2003, 03:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
Happyland Insane Location: where happiness lives	Degenerates always get extra credit baby! __________________ someone else here must like Walton & Johnson too

07-02-2003, 05:36 PM	#9 (permalink)
oblar Über-Rookie Location: No longer, D.C	i think i have used sarchasm before __________________ "All that we can do is just survive. .All that we can do to help ourselves is stay alive." - Rush

07-02-2003, 11:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
rundmv Insane	haha, very funny...the last one was the best

07-02-2003, 02:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
Gortexfogg I and I Location: Stillwater, OK	That "reintarnation" one is funny

07-02-2003, 04:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
Yabbo Banned	Lol they all gooood

07-02-2003, 04:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
gov135 Junkie Location: Midwest	I liked reintarnation. Thanks.

07-02-2003, 06:33 PM	#10 (permalink)
Flesh Psycho	lol nice

07-02-2003, 09:40 PM	#11 (permalink)
matches Guest	hahah sarchasm and ignoranus are great.

07-03-2003, 01:55 AM	#12 (permalink)
Slims Eccentric insomniac Location: North Carolina	I am going to have to remember those. They seem like usefull words. Great post. __________________ "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill "All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act out their dream with open eyes, to make it possible." Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T.E. Lawrence

07-03-2003, 07:30 AM	#13 (permalink)
icy_ca Insane Location: Steel Town, Ontario	Always nice to be able to add some new words to my vocabulary... __________________ After all is said and done, more is said than done.

07-03-2003, 10:45 AM	#14 (permalink)
Bill O'Rights will always be an Alyson Hanniganite Location: In the dust of the archives	Hah...ignoranus...I'm gonna use that one...a lot! __________________ "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony "Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

07-04-2003, 11:00 AM	#15 (permalink)
grumpyolddude Deliberately unfocused Location: Amazon.com and CDBaby	Everybody guilty of "foreploy" grin and look sheepish. __________________ "Regret can be a harder pill to swallow than failure .With failure you at least know you gave it a chance..." David Howard

07-04-2003, 11:31 AM	#16 (permalink)
GunslingerCold Banned Location: IL	Dopeer effect is the best. Im going to see if I can use that one in the middle of a school lesson.

07-05-2003, 01:16 AM	#17 (permalink)
OzOz Psycho Location: Right here, right now.	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." __________________ Maybe you should put some shorts on or something, if you wanna keep fighting evil today.

07-05-2003, 10:45 AM	#18 (permalink)
DarkerFire Upright	Clever The Darker Fire Within