Documents - MENSA Invitational


The Washington Post's Mensa 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 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.

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.

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 worm in the fruit you're eating.

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