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OP The Washington Post publishes a yearly contest in which readers are
asked to supply alternate meanings for various words. The following
were some of this year's [2002 - edit] winning entries:
1. abdicate (v.): to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach
2. balderdash (n.): a rapidly receding hairline
3. circumvent (n.): the opening in the front of boxer shorts
4. coffee (n.): a person who is coughed upon
5. esplanade (v.): to attempt an explanation while drunk
6. flabbergasted (adj.): appalled over how much weight you have gained
7. flatulence (n.): the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are
run over by a steamroller
8. frisbeetarianism (n.): the belief that, when you die, your soul goes
up on the roof and gets stuck there
9. gargoyle (n.): an olive-flavored mouthwash
10. lymph (v.): to walk with a lisp
11. negligent (adj.): describes a condition in which you absentmindedly
answer the door in your nightie.
12. oyster (n.): a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish
expressions
13. pokemon (n): a Jamaican proctologist.
14. rectitude (n.): the formal, dignified demeanor assumed by a
proctologist immediately before he examines you
15. testicle (n.): a humorous question on an exam
16. willy-nilly (adj.): impotent
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Worth sharing wofahulicodoc 01/09/02 10:20 PM Re: More Washington Postings Keiva 01/09/02 10:51 PM But seriously, folks, wofahulicodoc 01/10/02 03:59 PM Re: But seriously, folks, Capital Kiwi 01/10/02 09:42 PM Re: Worth sharing wwh 01/09/02 11:39 PM Re: Worth sharing Angel 01/09/02 11:58 PM Re: oysters, oytsers and angels Keiva 01/11/02 02:16 AM Re: oysters, oytsers and angels Wordwind 01/11/02 12:56 PM Re: Worth sharing Jackie 01/10/02 12:33 PM Re: Worth sharing wwh 01/10/02 02:49 PM Re: Worth sharing doc_comfort 01/11/02 02:33 AM Re: Worth sharing stales 01/11/02 01:43 AM Re: Worth sharing Jackie 01/11/02 11:22 AM Re: Worth sharing Faldage 01/11/02 07:04 PM
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