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Fun with words
I propose we start our own list of new words, stealing the Washington Post's idea of "to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition."
Here are a few of mine to start with:
MURK: a post on an Internet forum with an obscure meaning.
rideo: a TV showing of a Wild West show
weatter: when it's raining
wankabout: a large gathering of gays
wetcome: greeting of an unwelcome guest
pist: the problem of imbibing much beer when one has prostate problems
glogle: the feeling when successfully using a search engine with a difficult query giving at least 1,235,491 responses
emait: the result of finding your life's partner through the Internet
elang: the abbreviation of phrases for Internet use, e.g., FYI, LOL, IMHO etc.
Brodeband: (sorry, I changed the same letter twice) necessary for downloading gay porn
etc.
Your new words???
Here are a few of mine to start with:
MURK: a post on an Internet forum with an obscure meaning.
rideo: a TV showing of a Wild West show
weatter: when it's raining
wankabout: a large gathering of gays
wetcome: greeting of an unwelcome guest
pist: the problem of imbibing much beer when one has prostate problems
glogle: the feeling when successfully using a search engine with a difficult query giving at least 1,235,491 responses
emait: the result of finding your life's partner through the Internet
elang: the abbreviation of phrases for Internet use, e.g., FYI, LOL, IMHO etc.
Brodeband: (sorry, I changed the same letter twice) necessary for downloading gay porn
etc.
Your new words???
Here is the 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.
Here are the 2005 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 ****ole.
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 stop 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. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
11. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
12. 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.
13. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you
14. Glibido: All talk and no action.
15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
16. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
17. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
18. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
Here are the 2005 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 ****ole.
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 stop 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. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
11. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
12. 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.
13. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you
14. Glibido: All talk and no action.
15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
16. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
17. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
18. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
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