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Iwillnevergiveup

(9,298 posts)
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 06:53 PM Jun 2014

The Mensa Invitational

Good stuff.

The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again invited 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 winners:

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's 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 grueling 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 color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

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The Mensa Invitational (Original Post) Iwillnevergiveup Jun 2014 OP
Exquisite! nt Xipe Totec Jun 2014 #1
Criminile (n.): A juvenile delinquent. rug Jun 2014 #2
and the linguaphiles in here go nuts NightWatcher Jun 2014 #3
Um...posted this the other day Ineeda Jun 2014 #4
#15 840high Jun 2014 #5
Stunning. Thank you. DamnYankeeInHouston Jun 2014 #6
There are lots of sixes and thirteens around. In_The_Wind Jun 2014 #7
 

rug

(82,333 posts)
2. Criminile (n.): A juvenile delinquent.
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 07:26 PM
Jun 2014

Crud (n.): A senator from Texas.

Dronk (n.): An advocate for the expansion of the use of drones policy.

Donot (n.): The pastry that throws you off your diet.

Sextan (n.): The tan acquired after staring at the sun to orient oneself.

Ineeda

(3,626 posts)
4. Um...posted this the other day
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 08:45 PM
Jun 2014

not that it matters. And it's not really associated with the Washington Post or Mensa. From 2009, but funny all the same.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018627052

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