[SOC] Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational

[Tom McCulloch]

Mensa?  SOC?   Nope!

:-)

Tom WB2QDG
Soc# ...errr I forget

On 3/23/2015 5:48 AM, Bob Patten wrote:
> Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to 
> take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or 
> changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
>
> Here are the winners:
> 1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the 
> subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
>
> 2. Ignoranus: A person who’s both stupid and an asshole.
>
> 3. Intaxicaton: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until 
> you realize it was your money to start with.
>
> 4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
>
> 5. 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.
>
> 6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of 
> getting laid.
>
> 7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
>
> 8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the 
> person who doesn’t get it.
>
> 9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
>
> 10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
>
> 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 (n.): 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 (n.): The frantic dance performed just after 
> you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web.
>
> 16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into 
> your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
>
> 17. Caterpallor ( n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in 
> the fruit you’re eating.
>
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>
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