Word Play

Our contributions are at the end. Enjoy!

The Washington Post's Style Invitational 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 some recent winners.

REINTARNATION
Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

FOREPLOY
Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

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.

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.

INTAXICATION
Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

IGNORANUS
A person who's both stupid and an asshole.


UDDERSTAND
Knowing what its like to be milked. (Al)

GESTALK
The chase being far greater than the catch. (Dan)

USER FIENDLY
An interface by Stephen King. (Dan)

SINCHRONICITY
The rapture? :) (Dan)

PEDALPHILE
Prefers new bikes. (Dan)

IMPREACHMENT
Appealing to the choir. (Dan)

NEW WORD ORDER
Tanks god four spelling checker. (Dan)

DILLDO
A toy for a sourpuss (Errol)

DYVA
Acclaimed lesbian female singer. (Dan)

PSYCHADELI
The swirls of pretty iridescent colors on cheap cold cuts. (Errol)

REPOOT
After necessarily halting then starting a PC, you realize that Windows still is shit. (Al)

TRANSSUMSTANTIATION
Explains why delivery pepole in New York only have 3 dollars on them..... (Al)

STANDBYE
Watching the plane you just missed fly away. (Al)

JIVA
programs which run on any machine that speaks jive. (Ken)

TELAPATHY
thought indifference (Dan)

'BLUE MOAN'
whining for a very long time. (Al)

HOMENYM
When you can't distinguish your suburban tract house from any other in the neighborhood. (Dan)

SIRREAL
Hierarchical nonsense. (Dan)

HIERANARCHICAL
Breaking more important rules first. (synonym: bureaucracy) (Dan)

HOMEAPATHY
Not caring about the victims of gangsta rap. (Dan)

BEGULATOR
The thing your dive buddy has in their mouth when you run out of air. (Al)