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I know bloviate is a real word but here is a twist for some brain tickling fun

for the day!! This one's gone around a few times but I still get a good laugh

and find many a situation when I can use these words.

 

At my old job we came up with a word: ridonkulous - So beyond ridiculous as to

be asinine

 

Dale

 

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>The Washington Post's Style 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 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.

(Such as virtually anything promoted by anyone in D.C.)

>

>15. Arachnoleptic fit (n.):

> The frantic dance performed just after you've accidently walked through a

spider web.

>

>16. Beelzebug (n.):

> Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the

morning and cannot be cast out.

>

>17. Catepallor (n.):

> The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating.

>

>And the pick! of the year:

>

>18. Ignoranus:

> A person who's both stupid and an asshole at the same time.

 

 

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