Annual neologism contest plus the change a
letter in a word list
Once again, The Washington Post
has published the winning submissions to its yearly
Neologism contest, in which
readers are asked to supply
alternative meanings for
common or contracted, coined words.
The winners
are:
1.
COUGHee (Coffee (n.), the
person upon whom one coughs.
2. FLAB-bergasted
(adj.), appalled over how much
weight you have 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. NÉGLIGENT
(negligent
(adj.), describes a condition in
which you
absentmindedly
answer the door in your nightgown.
7. Lymph (v.), to
crawl with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle (n),
olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence (n.)
emergency vehicle that picks you
up after you are run over
by a steamroller.
10. BALDerdash
(n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
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.), (back by
popular demand): The belief
that, when you die, your soul flies up onto the roof and
gets stuck there.
16. Circumvent
(n.), an opening in the front of
boxer shorts worn by Jewish
men.
The Washington
Post's Style Invitational also
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 winners:
1. 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.
2. Foreploy (v):
Any misrepresentation about
yourself for the
purpose of getting
laid.
3. Cashtration
(n.): The act of buying a house,
which renders the
subject financially
impotent for an indefinite period.
4. Giraffiti (n):
Vandalism spray-painted very, very
high.
5. Sarchasm (n):
The gulf between the author of
sarcastic wit and the
person who doesn't get it.
6. Inoculatte (v):
To take coffee intravenously when
you are running late.
7. Hipatitis (n):
Terminal coolness.
8. Osteopornosis
(n): A degenerate disease. (This
one got extra credit.)
9. Karmageddon (n):
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.
10. Decafalon (n.):
The grueling event of getting
through the day
consuming only
things that are good for you.
11. Glibido (v):
All talk and no action.
12. Dopeler effect
(n): The tendency of stupid ideas
to seem
smarter when they
come at you rapidly.
13. Arachnoleptic
fit (n.): The frantic dance
performed just after
you've
accidentally walked through a
spider web.
14. Beelzebug (n.):
Satan in the form of a mosquito
that gets into
your bedroom at
three in the morning and cannot be
cast out.
15. Caterpallor
(n.): The color you turn after
finding half a grub
in the fruit
you're eating.
And the pick of the
literature:
6. Ignoranus (n):
A person who's both stupid and an
asshole.