Word Play! (I Love this Stuff:)

[mrdreamjeans]

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 winners. Read them carefully. Each is an artificial word with only one letter altered from a real word. Some are terrifically innovative:


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

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

6. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it. (This is one of my favorites:)

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

8. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

9. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

10. 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. (Like, this made me laugh out loud:)

11. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

12. Glibido: All talk and no action

13. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly-or when you're drunk.

14. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

15. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out. (This one's a stretch:)

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

17. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an ass. (This should be a word! :)

Comments

[geometrician.livejournal.com]

Cak: the onomatopoetic sound you make when your new kitten stuffs its paw in your open mouth while you are sleeping.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

I can hear you now! Seems like Mr. Kitten is turning your lives upside down for attention!

HUGS!

[kjvbear.livejournal.com]

"2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly."

Oh how this cracked me up! You have to remember, Bill is from Kentucky.....

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

I didn't know Bill was from Kentucky. It's really nice to hear you so happy!

[kjvbear.livejournal.com]

Bill lives in Georgetown KY and is an Entomoligist at the University of KY in Lexington. I tease him alot.....but oh how I love that sexy accent of his.....

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Most excellent!!! He would enjoy #14 then ... "arachnoleptic fit" .... :)

[kjvbear.livejournal.com]

he loved the whole thing actually, it gave him a good chuckle.

[notdefined.livejournal.com]

11.5 Defacalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are high in fiber.

[bearhedded.livejournal.com]

Don't you mean the day AFTER?

[notdefined.livejournal.com]

depends! ;)

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Dang! Ya'll's exchange made me start humming "There's Got to be a Morning After". :)

[kjvbear.livejournal.com]

"if we can hold on thru the night"

[notdefined.livejournal.com]

You can find song anywhere can't you? :) BTW, Morgan just got a new batch of wedding photos last night and I've a new favorite. I'll send that one to you. Email me the best snailmail address to use: empathic.journey -a thingy in a circle- gmail.com. HUGS!!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

I just emailed you. I can't wait! :) ... and yes, I can find a song in almost anything. LOL!

[dewittar.livejournal.com]

I love this. Hubs accuses me of doing this kind of word creation all the time. He'll yell at me, "that's not a word" as if life were a never ending game of scrabble.

My personal favorites: lovinations and affectionatures

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

What's your definition of "affectionatures"?

A signature hug? :)

HUGS!

[dewittar.livejournal.com]

ding ding ding ding ding

Exactly right!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

YAY! Do I get a prize? LOL!

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

I love word plays like this. One of my favorites that I haven't played in a long time is "Dictionary." It's also one of the cheapest, since all you have to have is a dictionary, some paper and pens, a bunch of fun friends, and a fertile imagination.

I'm definitely not in the Mensa fold, but enjoying words for what they are is such a lark!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

A word that I believe I created is "mentalpause" ... when your memory fails you .. where you can't come up with the right word or information ... It usually hits men of a certain age:)

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

Being of that "certain age," it's already hit Danny and me TWICE this morning!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Me too! LOL!

[bear-left.livejournal.com]

These are awesome - love many of the ones you point out, plus "glibido" & "hipatitis" - I can think of plenty of folks for whom one or both apply!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

"Ignoranus" .... I know several people to which this would apply. Perhaps, the alternate definition for this new word would be someone who doesn't know how to wipe their ass. LOL!

[designerotter.livejournal.com]

Though I've heard several of these before, they still made me laugh. Now, see how many you can use in a single sentence, like: You don't have to be a victim of reintarnation to be a perfect ignoranus, though you might get a free pass to the bozone layer if you succumb to the Dopeler Effect created by so many Republican speakers. :0)

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Ah ... a political dig at the end! Well done! :)

Ok ... I'll take a shot ...

Bubba suffered from osteopornosis, though most of his hookups on the internet quickly realized he was glibido except by his own hand. We caught on pretty early, but he never did realize the depth of the sarchasm and thus turned out to be an ignoranus. LOL!

HUGS!

[designerotter.livejournal.com]

LOL... Touche, pussycat ... nicely done !
Hugs!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

*taking a bow* .... It was two sentences, but thanks, Hon!

Has the play opened yet?

[designerotter.livejournal.com]

Thanks for asking - nope, we don't officially open til Friday... though first Preview audience is this Tuesday.
We're in the "tunnel" right now, i.e. changeover last night. Fortunately I could go to bed, but the crew had to stay up all night to strike the previous show and load-in ours.
This afternoon we spike the floor for various set changes, with light focus tonight. Then we go into dry tech tomorrow morning, and full tech tomorrow afternoon. More techs in the mornings with preview performances (followed by director's notes)each night til opening.
Right now I'm off to the reading of a new play written by my director (and I want to design it, when it gets that far)... with the lovely title of "Darwin's Garden"
'til later... HUGS!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Sounds chaotic and stressful, but exciting! Enjoy!

Big HUGS!