From: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org (good-noise-digest) To: good-noise-digest@smoe.org Subject: good-noise-digest V5 #4 Reply-To: good-noise@smoe.org Sender: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk good-noise-digest Thursday, January 10 2002 Volume 05 : Number 004 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [none] [" Gina" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 18:41:57 -0600 From: " Gina" Subject: [none] I send this to Good Noisers for the last one, which is a twist on a John word. Gina 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 supply a new > definition. Here are the 2001 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. > > Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the > purpose of getting sex. > > 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 is both stupid and an asshole. ------------------------------ End of good-noise-digest V5 #4 ******************************