Words

[Square Ball]

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:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

And the pick of the lot:

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



any wordsmiths among us who can have a go?

[Olly]

Interesting.

Last night in the club we had a backronym competition. It's where a word already exists in its own right but you turn it into an acronym. We were doing backronyms until 3am.

Some were:

Ford = Fix or repair Daily
Bing = Because it's not google
Navy = Never again volunteer yourself
Golf = Gentlemen only, ladies forbidden

What about others as we're doing a round 2 next week. Even names on this board -

Muppet = Might undress pretty poles every teatime
Drici = Doesn't recommend Irish courses incidentally

[Olly]

Ziggy = Zoos invite Greencastle guru's yak

[HiMucker]

w**ker- People who worked in banks that f**ked it up for everybody

[HiMucker]

Morgasm - when a necraphyliac reaches climax

[LeoMc]

A few more car related Backronyms

Highly Organised Nippon Designed Autoobile
Big Money Wasted
Foolish Italians Attempting Transport
Murderously Expensive Road Chariot

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Ziggy = Zoos invite Greencastle guru's yak

Olly: Online Lives Like Yours! 

[AQMP]

AQMP - A Quinn Martin Production

Doesn't really work does it?

[Hardy]

O'Neill - Olly, Nally Stand, Evil Genius, Illdecide, Lawnseed, Leenie

[HiMucker]

O'Neill - Olly, Nally Stand, Evil Genius, Illdecide, Lawnseed, Leenie

Hardy- Hairy aul redneck down yourway

[sheamy]

Morgasm - when a necraphyliac reaches climax

Has Hughie sponsored knee tremblers in Armagh now too?

[muppet]

Sheamy:
Shinners
hate
earning
average
money
y'know

Tyrone's Own:
Thinks
y'all
really
owe
neo-cons
everything
still
Obama
won't
notice

[fearglasmor]

Myopic
Unkempt
Pre
Pubescent
Extra
Terestrial

[fearglasmor]

Kindred
Errandboy
Rumbumptiously
Riding
Young
Maidens
In
Karmic
Ecstasy