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The Washington Post has an annual contest in which readers are asked to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition:
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the
subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until
you realize it was your money to start with.
3. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
4. 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.
5. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
6. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
person who doesn't get it.
7. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
8. 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, really serious.
9. Decafalon (n.): The gruelling event of getting through the day
consuming only things that are good for you.
10. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
11. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
12. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
13. Caterpallor (n.): The colour you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
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