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>>>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 (1998):
>>>
>>>Foreploy: any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of
>>>obtaining sex.
>>>
>>>Tatyr: a lecherous Mr. Potato Head.
>>>
>>>Doltergeist: a spirit that decides to haunt someplace stupid,
>>>such as your septic tank.
>>>
>>>Sarchasm: the gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
>>>recipient who doesn't get it.
>>>
>>>Contratemps: the resentment permanent workers feel toward the fill-
>>>in workers.
>>>
>>>Reintarnation: coming back to life as a hillbilly.
>>>
>>>Taterfamilias: the head of the Potato Head family.
>>>
>>>Guillozine: a magazine for executioners.
>>>
>>>Burglesque: a poorly planned break-in. (See: Watergate)
>>>
>>>Osteopornosis: a degenerate disease.
>>>
>>>Giraffiti: vandalism spray-painted very, very high, such as the
>>>famous "Surrender Dorothy" on the Beltway overpass.
>>>
>>>Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these
>>>like a serious bummer
>>>
>>>Glibido: all talk and no action.
>>>
>>>Deifenestration: to throw all talk of God out the window.
>>>
>>>Dopeler effect: the tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when
>>>they come at you rapidly.
>>>
>>>Intaxication: euphoria at getting a refund from the IRS, which lasts
>>>until you realize it was your money to start with.
>>>
>>>

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