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#209154 - 01/19/13 12:11 AM Mensopause: A nerd acting like a stud for effect.
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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. Intaxicaton : 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.
#209160 - 01/19/13 04:50 AM Re: Mensopause: A nerd acting like a stud for effect. [Re: jenny jenny]
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#209164 - 01/19/13 06:53 AM Joined: Jun 2010
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F > D
SANG-DROID (pronounced saang drwa) A cool droid that has already sung.
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My all-time favorite among these, for sheer economy of expression, is
IGNORANUS - a stupid asshole
#209170 - 01/20/13 12:06 AM Re: Which year is that list from? [Re: wofahulicodoc]
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Today's word: MELANCHOLY
minus L
MEANCHOLY: Mood sublimation for people too mean to cry.
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MELANCHOLY
l-->V
MELANCHOVY -- cantaloupe with fish (pesca con melon)
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And in answer to my own question: It depends. Anywhere from 2008 to 2010, or maybe even 1998.
See for yourself.
#209173 - 01/20/13 02:04 AM Joined: Jun 2010
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In point we might have fun creating our own changed words list using Anu's weekly words; doncha think?
Well I will nonetheless. Here's another...
SEMINAL
L > T
SEMINAT : a short gnat.
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SEKINAL -- a sleeping pill for the orthograhically challenged, a.k.a. Red Devil
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