Post by Frank McCoyPost by Meffy Ellisimpossibility (n.) -- The ability or tendency of small minor demons to
turn to bone.
Meffy
Deranged (n.) -- The state of a cowboy removed from where he keeps his
cattle.
And, in honor of the two aboe (ghods, Meffy - that was baaad!<G> and
yours was likewise execrable, Frank) I post these which I just
received:
The Washington Post's Style 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:
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 (n.): 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 (n.): 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.