[wordup] New Mensa Words

[Adam Shand]

Via: "cate carnegie" <catiepeh at hotmail.com>

The Washington Post's Mensa 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 this  
year's winners.

1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until  
you realize it was your money to start with.

2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

3. 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.

4. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the  
subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.

5. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

6. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the  
person who doesn't get it.

7. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

8. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

9. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

10. 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.

11. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day  
consuming only things that are good for you.

12. Glibido: All talk and no action.

13. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when  
they come at you rapidly.

14. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after  
you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

15. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into  
your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

16. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in  
the fruit you're eating.

And the pick of the lot:

17. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

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