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%Each year the Washington Post's Style Invitational asks readers to ...
%...
% Here are the 2002 top entries:
% this is probably a collection from a number of years now

Take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or
changing only one letter and supply a new definition.

\begin{description}
	\item[Intaxication]
		Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you
		realize it was your money to start with.

	\item[Foreploy]
		Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of
		getting sex.
		%getting laid. ??

	\item[Sarchasm]
		The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
		person who doesn't get it.

	\item[Hipatitis]
		Terminal coolness.

	\item[Osteopornosis]
		A degenerate disease.

	\item[Glibido]
		All talk and no action.

	\item[Reintarnation]
		Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

	\item[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.

	\item[Cashtration] (n.)
		The act of buying a house, which renders the subject
		financially impotent for an indefinite period.

	\item[Giraffiti]
		Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

	\item[Inoculatte]
		To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

	\item[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.

	\item[Dopeler]
		The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they
		come at you rapidly.

	\item[Beelzebug] (n.)
		Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your
		bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

	\item[Caterpallor] (n.)
		The color you turn after finding half a grub in the
		fruit you're eating.

	\item[Decafalon] (n.)
		The grueling event of getting through the day consuming
		only things that are good for you.

	\item[Arachnoleptic fit] (n.)
		%The frantic dance performed just after you've
		%accidentally walked through a spider web.
		The frantic dance performed just after accidentally
		walking through a spider web.
%\end{description}
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%And the winner of the Washington Post's Style Invitational:
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%\begin{description}
	\item[Ignoranus]
		A person who's both stupid \emph{and} an asshole.
\end{description}


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