[2583] in Humor
HUMOR: Change one letter (new and improved)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sharalee M. Field)
Wed Dec 9 09:15:33 1998
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 09:14:42 -0500
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From: "Sharalee M. Field" <sharalee_field@harvard.edu>
>Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 23:38:33 -0800
>From: Connie Kleinjans <connie@nanospace.com>
>X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (Win95; U)
>To: connie@nanospace.com
>Subject: HUMOR: Change one letter (new and improved)
>
>The Washington Post's "Style Invitational" asks readers to take any
>word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or
>changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are some
>recent winners:
>
>Foreploy: any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of
> obtaining sex.
>
>Tatyr: a lecherous Mr. Potato Head.
>
>Doltergeist: a spirit that decides to haunt someplace stupid, such as
> your septic tank.
>
>Giraffiti: vandalism spray-painted very, very high, such as on an
> overpass.
>
>Sarchasm: the gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
> recipient who doesn't get it.
>
>Contratemps: the resentment permanent workers feel toward the fill-in
> workers.
>
>Coiterie: a very VERY close-knit group.
>
>Impotience: eager anticipation by men awaiting their Viagra
> prescription.
>
>Reintarnation: coming back to life as a hillbilly.
>
>Inoculatte: to take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
>
>Hipatitis: terminal coolness.
>
>Guillozine: a magazine for executioners.
>
>Suckotash: a dish consisting of corn, lima beans and tofu.
>
>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.
>
>Glibido: all talk and no action.
>
>Vaseball: a game of catch played by children in the living room.
>
>Eunouch: the pain of castration.
>
>Deifenestration: to throw all talk of God out the window.
>
>Hozone: an area where women of the night hang out.
>
>Acme: a generic skin disease.
>
>Dopeler effect: the tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they
> come at you rapidly.
>
>Intaxication: euphoria at getting a refund from the IRS, which lasts
> until you realize it was your money to start with.
>
>Newtspaper: the Washington Times.
>
>Nazigator: an overbearing member of your carpool.
>
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