follow the smart people..they went that way

is this a new 120z game??

The Washington Post's Style Invitational once again asked readers to

take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting,

or changing any one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are the

2003 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. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of

getting laid.

5. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the

subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.

6. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

7. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the

person who doesn't get it.

8. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running

late.

9. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

11. 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.

12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day

consuming only things that are good for you.

13. Glibido: All talk and no action.

14. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when

they come at you rapidly.

15. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after

you've >accidentally walked through a spider web.

16. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in

the fruit you're eating.

And now the pick of literature:

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

"6. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high." :)

Ooof... the Post?

*actually I have no idea what that statement implies

9. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

6. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

Im gonna use these from now on!!