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Thread started 01/20/05 4:51pm

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Washington Post's Style Invitational 'daffynitions'

The Washington Post's Style Invitational 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 this year's winners:

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.

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

Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.

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.

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.

Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming
only things that are good for you.

Glibido: All talk and no action.

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

Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating.

And the pick of the literature:
Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
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Reply #1 posted 01/20/05 4:54pm

VoicesCarry

Why do these remind me of super-cool Fran's puns in Strangers With Candy: "You'll never go bad with me because the reFrangerator's always dialed up to 9."
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Reply #2 posted 01/20/05 5:21pm

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VoicesCarry said:

Why do these remind me of super-cool Fran's puns in Strangers With Candy: "You'll never go bad with me because the reFrangerator's always dialed up to 9."


i don't know. eek until just now i was even unaware of super cool Fran's Strangers With Candy. must say it sounds more interesting than daffynitions.
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