Happy Friday!

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 the
winners:

• Cashtration (n): The act of buying a house, which
  renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.


• 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.


• 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.
Finally, a solution!


• Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.


• Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is, like,
  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.
I know some of these people.


• Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem
  smarter when they come at you rapidly.


• Arachnoleptic fit (n): The frantic dance you perform
  just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
And I've done this.


• Beelzebug (n): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that
  gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.


• Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
Does anything more really need to be said?

Have good weekends and be safe!