[SOC] Alternate Meanings for Common Words

[David Evans]

Hi Bob et al,

Some of the opposites might be amusing - 

1. Coffor, n.  The person who coughs

2. Thinnerghasted, adj. appalled at how thin and weedy one is.

6. Posligent, adj. ???

Can't think of more at the momet


56s & 72s

David G0EVA
SOC# 988; EPC# 15902

"competence is tolerated - not encouraged"
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Subject: [SOC] Alternate Meanings for Common Words

The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly 
contest.

And the winners are:

1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs.

2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has 
gained.

3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

4. esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.

5. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent.

6. Negligent, adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a 
nightgown.

7. Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp.

8. Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.

9. Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been 
run over by a steamroller.

10. Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline.

11. Testicle, n. A humorous question on an exam.

12. Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.

13. Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist.

14. Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.

15.Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up 
onto the roof and gets stuck there.

16. Circumvent, n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by 
Jewish men


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