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#45666 - 05/24/05 12:28 PM Mensa definitions
meredithbead Offline
The Divine Ms M

Registered: 07/07/03
Posts: 4894
Loc: Orange County, California
I seem to think these may have been printed here by someone, but I couldn't find the post so here goes again. Anyhow, they're worth repeating!

The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.


Here are this year's {2005} winners:

1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly

3. 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.

4. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

5. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.

6. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

7. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

8. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

9. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

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.

And the pick of the literature:

18. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

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#45667 - 05/24/05 05:53 PM Re: Mensa definitions
DallasGal Offline
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Registered: 04/14/05
Posts: 218
Loc: Dallas, Texas
Those are pretty good! My husband and I really enjoyed those. =)

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#45668 - 05/24/05 11:04 PM Re: Mensa definitions
Vicki M. Taylor Offline
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Registered: 01/06/03
Posts: 2196
Loc: Tampa, FL
Thanks for the chuckle. Good stuff.

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#45669 - 05/25/05 04:36 AM Re: Mensa definitions
wordcharmer Offline
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Registered: 05/18/05
Posts: 69
Loc: Ohio
Best laugh I've had in a long time! Thank you!

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#45670 - 05/25/05 03:55 PM Re: Mensa definitions
chatty lady Offline
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Registered: 02/24/04
Posts: 20267
Loc: Nevada
Great stuff Meredithbead, needed a good laugh and these I have never seen before.... [Cool]

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#45671 - 05/27/05 07:28 AM Re: Mensa definitions
Dotsie Offline
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Registered: 07/09/08
Posts: 23647
Loc: Maryland
Meredith, never seen these before. Unbelievable.

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