Snigglets
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2004 11:47 am
The Washington Post's Snigglet 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 the 2003
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.
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.
foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of
getting laid.
cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject
financially impotent for an indefinite period.
giraffiti: Vandalism spray-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.
decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming
only things that are good for you.
glibido: All talk and no action.
Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they
come at you rapidly.
arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've
accidentally walked through a spider web.
Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your
bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the
fruit you're eating.
And the pick of the literature:
ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an �������.
take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or
changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are the 2003
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.
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.
foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of
getting laid.
cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject
financially impotent for an indefinite period.
giraffiti: Vandalism spray-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.
decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming
only things that are good for you.
glibido: All talk and no action.
Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they
come at you rapidly.
arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've
accidentally walked through a spider web.
Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your
bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the
fruit you're eating.
And the pick of the literature:
ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an �������.
