I found this little tidbit on The Amazing Randi’s website at the JREF. He, in turn, found this in the Washington Post’s Style Invitational, which apparently is an ongoing contest where contenders offer written cleverness.
In this one, contenders were asked to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and then supply a new definition. Randi makes note of the following handful, which I found to be very entertaining.
Randi, by the way, is not an Arrogant Jerk.
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.
Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it.
Karmageddon: It’s when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, and then the Earth explodes and it’s a serious bummer.
Glibido: All talk and no action.
Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
You can find more hilarities at The Washington Post.
