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FYI...Mensa Stuff..!!

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Barry_

Barry_ Report 1 May 2013 15:54

I thought you might enjoy this little lot.....

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

Here are the winners:
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.

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

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

4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

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.


The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.

And the winners are:

1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs.

2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.

3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

4. esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.

5. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent.

6. Negligent, adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.

7. Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp.

8. Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.

9. Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.

10. Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline.
(Can also be a streaker at the University of Colorado.)
[FYI, there's a place called Boulder in Colorado!)]

11. Testicle, n. A humorous question on an exam.

12. Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.

13. Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist.

14. Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.

15. Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.

Annx

Annx Report 2 May 2013 00:42

Thank you Barry........these are hilarious......mopping my eyes. :-D

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 2 May 2013 00:59

I shall be using some of these at work :-D

Particularly the coffee one - colleague coughs - yes please

:-D

Barry_

Barry_ Report 2 May 2013 01:07

Glad you enjoyed them, Annx!
I thought everyone had gone to sleep! I was sure there would be a comment or three before now!

Reminded me of Barbra's thread about being ignored!!

The lot above had an extra one about a religous gentlemen and his shorts.
However, I exercised my discretion and removed it.
I would absolutely hate to offend anyone - and also help the RR person carve one more knotch in their desk!
Jus' so as you know!

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 2 May 2013 03:03

brilliant! Thanks for posting.

I'll copy & send to lots of friends



:-D

JustJohn

JustJohn Report 2 May 2013 09:35

I think your heading put me off reading, Barry. I thought I had to have an IQ of 148 to be able to understand. But I have just had a read through and did understand at least 3 of them. And yes, I was also mopping up. Very funny. Thanks :-D :-D

You have to read them properly though. Not just willy-nilly. That would be negligent. ;-)