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Each year the Washington Post's Style Invitational asks readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter and then supply a new definition.
Here are the 2001 winners:

Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid (familiar to all men).

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.

Glibido: All talk and no action.

Dopeler Effect : The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

And, the pick of the literature:

Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

• Off-topic ! Fun email I got - Pavlos  Jan 27 2002, 7:39:43 AM
  • Re: Off-topic ! Fun email I got - Phyllis  Feb 5 2002, 9:12:08 PM
  • Can't stop laughing... - 'Cole  Jan 28 2002, 9:20:16 PM
  • Hee hee hee! - Barb  Jan 28 2002, 1:13:24 AM
  • These are great! I love the definition for the Dopeler Effect! n/t - Andrea  Jan 28 2002, 1:12:36 AM
  • hahaha! Thankz Pavlos! I think I will add those to my vocad and freak out my english teacher :) n/t - Silver  Jan 27 2002, 3:14:33 PM
  • Re: Off-topic ! Fun email I got - Nanaea  Jan 27 2002, 7:49:45 AM