Topic awaiting preservation: Style Invitational

Each year the Washington Post's Style Invitational asks readers
to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding,
subtracting, or changing only one letter and supply a new
definition.

Here are the 2002 winners:

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.

Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose
of getting laid.

Giraffiti: Vandalism 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.

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

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.

Glibido: All talk and no action.

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

And, the winner of the Washington Post's Style Invitational:

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






.:[ Never resist a perfect moment ]:.

Now make your own! Best I could come up with was

Bildo: Masturbatory device for hobbits



.:[ Never resist a perfect moment ]:.

that one so didn't deserve to win. the others were nearly all better than that one!

Analorgism - It all depends on which one you prefer.

"The only difference between me and a madman is that... i'm not mad!" - Salvador Dali

Punchant - A stong inclination for word play

Buffaho - To polish or shine a prostitute

quote:

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Buffaho - To polish or shine a prostitute

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That really cracked me up



[This message has been edited by kaboi (edited 04-17-2003).]

Napple - Firm, edible, usually rounded fruit

Insuct - Any of numerous usually small arthropod animals of the class Insucta, having an adult stage characterized by three pairs of knee-pads and a body segmented into head, throat, and lung and usually having two pairs of lips.

Something tells me someone has an obsession...

Ok I'm done...No wait, one more:

Borgasm - The peak of sexual tedium, characterized by strong feelings of displeasure

busheld-
verb, past tense,
meaning to have been manipulated into accepting the unacceptable as the inevitable.

/*I realize that this word could have used an 'ed' .But if I get to make up my own word, can't I tweek just one lousy rule of grammer?*/

Bannah, a graphical object often used as a signature, but too big to fit in this category.

vagiterian-

if I have to explain this one.....