Word games from 2003 - WP 2003 style section winners - new 2004 is now!

[papau]

The Washington Post's Style Invitational 2004 asks readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing any one letter, and supply a new definition.

Here are the 2003 winners - may your wit be with you for this years contest! :-)

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 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. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating.

And now the pick of literature:

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

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