Here are the winners of this year's Washington Post's Mensa
Invitational which 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 :
1. *Cashtration* (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the
subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. *Ignoranus*: A person who is both stupid and an asshole.
3. *Intaxication*: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts
until you realize it was your money to start with.
4. *Reintarnation*: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
Invitational which 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 :
1. *Cashtration* (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the
subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. *Ignoranus*: A person who is both stupid and an asshole.
3. *Intaxication*: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts
until you realize it was your money to start with.
4. *Reintarnation*: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
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.
6. *Foreploy*: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose
of getting laid.
7. *Giraffiti*: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
8. *Sarchasm*: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
person who doesn't get it.
9. *Inoculatte*: To take coffee intravenously when you are running
late.
10. *Osteopornosis*: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra
credit.)
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.
12.. *Decafalon* (n.): The gruelling event of getting through the day
consuming only things that are good for you..
13. *Glibido*: All talk and no action.
14. *Dopeler Effect*: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter
when they come at you rapidly.
15. *Arachnoleptic Fit* (n.): The frantic dance performed just after
you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
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.
17. *Caterpallor* (n.): The colour you turn after finding half a
worm in the fruit you're eating.
consuming only things that are good for you..
13. *Glibido*: All talk and no action.
14. *Dopeler Effect*: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter
when they come at you rapidly.
15. *Arachnoleptic Fit* (n.): The frantic dance performed just after
you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
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.
17. *Caterpallor* (n.): The colour you turn after finding half a
worm in the fruit you're eating.
