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Mensa's New Words for 2005 (humor)
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Posted on 09/12/2005 3:49:22 PM PDT by pissant
The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing of one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are the 2005 winners:
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
2. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an a**hole.
3. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5. 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.
6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
11. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
12. 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.
13. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
14. Glibido: All talk and no action.
15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
16. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
17. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
18. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: ancientpost; doasearch; mensa; mensapissant; wapo
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To: ctlpdad
Hey you stopped in. Nice to see you are still out there.
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posted on
09/13/2005 7:23:38 AM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
102
posted on
09/13/2005 7:27:50 AM PDT
by
ctlpdad
(What IS our exit policy in the War on Poverty?)
To: ctlpdad
You know we miss you when you go on sabbatical.
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posted on
09/13/2005 7:39:11 AM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: pissant
But that's why Baskin Robbins makes 31 flavors
True :)
104
posted on
09/13/2005 7:40:41 AM PDT
by
PaulaB
(Don't cut what you can untie....)
To: pissant
I got good lemonade, ah, dixie cups All flavors and push ups too Im your ice cream man, baby, stop me when Im passin by
Made me think of a Van Halen song ;)
...have we done this one yet?
if you were an ice cream..what type? Since your the Godfather of these ..I couldn't remember..;)
105
posted on
09/13/2005 7:46:16 AM PDT
by
PaulaB
(Don't cut what you can untie....)
To: PaulaB
I'm just the licker of the ice cream cone. ;o)
106
posted on
09/13/2005 7:47:08 AM PDT
by
pissant
To: Grannyx4; TapTap
107
posted on
09/13/2005 9:25:32 AM PDT
by
LongElegantLegs
("Nuthin' ain't worth nuthin', but it's free.")
To: Slings and Arrows
Catasstrophy: What you keep to memorialize catching the feline who's been yowling under your window all night. LOL!! I love it!
108
posted on
09/13/2005 9:45:35 AM PDT
by
The SISU kid
(Politicians are like Slinkies. Good for nothing. But you smile when you push them down the stairs)
To: The SISU kid
To: Mr. Jeeves
Hey, I used to resemble that remark! ;) There's a lot of that going around. ;)
To: Slings and Arrows
111
posted on
09/13/2005 9:52:15 AM PDT
by
The SISU kid
(Politicians are like Slinkies. Good for nothing. But you smile when you push them down the stairs)
To: pissant
You give me my laugh breaks..........I have to see what you are up to.........
112
posted on
09/13/2005 10:17:26 AM PDT
by
marmar
(435 CASF..Ramstien Germany.....Bringing the Wounded Warriors Home....)
To: marmar
Glad to have ya stop by!!
Especially on a thread about Mensas! ;o)
113
posted on
09/13/2005 10:28:12 AM PDT
by
pissant
To: pissant
Sooooooooo what exactly are you implying...
114
posted on
09/13/2005 10:35:01 AM PDT
by
marmar
(435 CASF..Ramstien Germany.....Bringing the Wounded Warriors Home....)
To: marmar
That you are a smarty pants! ;o)
115
posted on
09/13/2005 10:36:41 AM PDT
by
pissant
To: marmar
Did you know that mensa as pronounced by in Spanish...
116
posted on
09/13/2005 10:37:31 AM PDT
by
marmar
(435 CASF..Ramstien Germany.....Bringing the Wounded Warriors Home....)
To: pissant
See prior post.....
117
posted on
09/13/2005 10:39:19 AM PDT
by
marmar
(435 CASF..Ramstien Germany.....Bringing the Wounded Warriors Home....)
To: PoorMuttly
Hmmmmmm...I see
I have one for you
Bomaskadious: the bold art of creating a persona as a mask
118
posted on
09/13/2005 1:28:19 PM PDT
by
apackof2
(Never underestimate the power of a fuzzy friend!)
To: pissant
A thread about menses? Pissy!
Dang.
Just dang.
119
posted on
09/13/2005 2:15:22 PM PDT
by
Finger Monkey
(H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - A consumption tax which replaces the income tax, SS tax, death tax, etc.)
To: Clemenza
Kinda disappointing, as I have met some hotties at Mensa meetings, although it remains a heavily male environment.Most Log Cabin Republicans are.
120
posted on
09/13/2005 2:25:26 PM PDT
by
harrowup
(Just naturally perfect, humble of course and obviously incapable of discrimination.)
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