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:
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 L***.
Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the
subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
Giraffiti: Vandalism spray painted very, very high.
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.
Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
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.
Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
consuming only things that are good for you.
Glibido: All talk and no action.
Dopeler effect: 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.
Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in
the fruit you’re eating.
And the pick of the literature:
18. Ignoranus: A person who’s both stupid and an a*****e.
Now how about some (even!) more relevant to musicians…?
LOL. Finally! An OT thread that’s FUNNY. Thank you, Trisha and Peter. Only one downside: I don’t like my brain having to work so hard on the weekend to come up with one to add to the list.
Flauntist (n): a slavish Matt Molloy copyist
Strumpet (n): one who turns brass into gold
Trompbone (n): prosthesis which connects your funnybone to your lazybone when your hear the word of the Lord
Finally! An OT thread that’s FUNNY. Thank you, Trisha and Peter. Only one downside: I don’t like my brain having to work so hard on the weekend to come up with one to add to the list. 
