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April 11th, 2005
Mensa Test Sent in By Bud Olson
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 supplying a new
definition.
Here are this year’s winners:
Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax
refund, which lasts until you realize it was
your money to start with.
Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
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.
Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about
yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a
house, which renders the subject financially
impotent for an indefinite period.
Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very,
very high.
Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of
sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it.
Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously
when you are running late.
Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease.
(This one got extra credit.)
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.
Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting
through the day consuming only things that are good
for you.
Glibido: All talk and no action.
Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas
to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance
performed just after you’ve accidentally walked
through a spider web.
Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito,
that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning
and cannot be cast out.
Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after
finding half a grub in the fruit you’re eating.
And the pick of the bunch:
Ignoranus: A person who’s both stupid and
an asshole.
Originally published April 11th, 2005 on Fly Anglers Online by Bud Olson.