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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 2258374" data-attributes="member: 2205">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. (You will all recognize this one) Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stop bright ideas frompenetrating. 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.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.</blockquote>

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