[SOC] wordsmithing

[Bill Cunningham]

too good not to forward.


> 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.
> 
>        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.
> 
>        Dopeler 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 is ---
> 
> Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
> 
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