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<dd>> NEW WORDS AND DEFINITIONS<br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> The Washington Post's Style Invitational once again asked
readers to take<br>
<dd>> any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting,
or changing<br>
<dd>> one letter, and supply a new definition.<br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> Here are this year's winners:<br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops
bright<br>
<dd>> ideas from penetrating. The bozone unfortunately, shows little
sign of<br>
<dd>> breaking down in the near future.<br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the
subject<br>
<dd>> financially impotent for an indefinite period.<br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and
the person<br>
<dd>> who doesn't get it.<br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are
running late.<br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness.<br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> > Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got
extra credit.)<br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> Karmageddon (n): It's like, when everybody is sending off all
these really<br>
<dd>> bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's
like, a<br>
<dd>> serious bummer.<br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
consuming<br>
<dd>> only things that are good for you.<br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> Glibido (v): All talk and no action.<br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter
when they<br>
<dd>> come very quickly.<br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after
you've<br>
<dd>> accidentally walked through a spider web.<br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into
your<br>
<dd>> bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.<br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding ha! lf a grub
in the<br>
<dd>> fruit you're eating.<br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the
purpose of<br>
<dd>> getting laid.<br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> And the pick of the literature:<br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> <br>
<dd>> Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an asshole.<br>
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