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.



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And now the pick of literature...

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Ignoranus: n.

A person who's both stupid and an ass.