The  Washington Post's Mensa 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 {2005} winners: 
 
1.  Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund which  lasts until you 
realize it was your money to start  with. 
 
2.  Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly. 
 
3.  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. 
 
4.  Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the  purpose of 
getting laid. 
 
5.  Cashtration: The act of buying a house, which renders  the subject 
financially impotent for an indefinite  period. 
 
6.  Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high. 
 
7.  Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and  the person 
who doesn't get it. 
 
8.  Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are  running late. 
 
9.  Hipatitis: Terminal coolness. 
 
10.  Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. 
 
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: 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: The frantic dance performed  just after you've 
accidentally walked through a  spider web. 
 
16.  Beelzebug: Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets  into your bedroom 
at three in the morning and  cannot be cast out. 
 
17. Caterpallor: The color you turn after  finding half a  worm in the fruit 
you're eating. 
 
And  the pick of the literature: 
 
18.  Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an  asshole!