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Each year the Washington Post's Style Invitational asks readers to take any
word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting or changing one letter
and supply a new definition.
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> Here are the 2001 winners:
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> Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (this one got extra credit)
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> Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you
> realize it was your money to start with.
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> Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
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> Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting
lucky.
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> Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
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> Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who
doesn't get it.
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> Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
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> Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
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> 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 totally
serious bummer.
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> Glibido: All talk and no action.
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> Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at
you rapidly.
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> And, the pick of the literature:
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> *** Ignoranus: A person who is both stupid and an asshole.
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word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting or changing one letter
and supply a new definition.
>
> Here are the 2001 winners:
>
> Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (this one got extra credit)
>
> 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
lucky.
>
> Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-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.
>
> Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
>
> 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 totally
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 pick of the literature:
>
> *** Ignoranus: A person who is both stupid and an asshole.
>