Word Winners

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.

  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.