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:
Intaxication: n.
Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.Reintarnation: n.
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: n.
Any misrepresentation about yourself made for the purpose of getting laid.Cashtration: n.
The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.Giraffiti: n.
Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.Sarchasm: n.
The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.Inoculatte: v.
To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.Hipatitis: n.
Terminal coolness.Osteopornosis: n.
A degenerate disease. This one got extra credit.Karmageddon: n.
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.Decafalon: n.
The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.Glibido: n.
All talk and no action.Dopeler Effect: n.
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.Arachnoleptic Fit: n.
The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.Caterpallor: n.
The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating.And now the pick of literature...
Ignoranus: n.
A person who's both stupid and an ass.