Wednesday, May 25, 2005

new words

According to ffwd, The Washington Post asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here is an edited version of this list;

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

Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

Bozone: 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.

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

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

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

Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is, like, sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a totally serious bummer.

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

2 comments:

sackofcatfood said...

Some of these are actually worth incorporating into one's vernacular. Throw in enough legitimate sesquipedalians in your conversation and no one will dare to question the others. ;)

Hatless in Hattiesburg said...

I forgot - is a sesquipedalian a seven-legged frog or a seventy-year-old crossing the street on a tricycle?