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NEW WORDS NEW MEANINGS
via Henry
The Washington Post recently asked its readers to take a word from the
dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting or changing one letter, and
supply a new definition. Here are some winners:
Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of obtaining
sex.
Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the recipient who
doesn't get it.
Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease.
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 refund from the IRS, which lasts until
you realize it was your money to start with.
Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid & an asshole
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Sound Stumpers
via Oracle Humor List
Solve these puzzles by saying them out loud, over and over, faster and faster,
repeating the phrase, until you "hear" the answer.
Example: LAWN SAND JEALOUS (~a place~) Answer: Los Angeles
1. SHOCK CUSSED TOE (~a person~)
2. SAND TACKLE LAWS (~a fictional character~)
3. MY GULCH HOARD UN (~a person~)
4. MOW BEAD HICK (~a book~)
5. TALL MISCHIEF HER SUN (~a person~)
6. AISLE OH VIEW (~a phrase~)
7. TUB RAID HEAP HUNCH (~a old TV show~)
8. CARESS TROUGHER CLUMP US (~a person~)
9. DOCKED HEARSE WHOSE (~a person~)
10. THUMB ILL KEY WAKE OWL LICKS HE (~a place~)
11. AGE ANT HUB BLOWS HEAVEN (~a fictional character~)
12. THESE HOUND DOVE MOO SICK (~a movie~)
13. BUCK SPUN HE (~a fictional character~)
Answers below:
1. Jacque Cousteau
2. Santa Claus
3. Michael Jordan
4. Moby Dick
5. Thomas Jefferson
6. I Love You
7. The Brady Bunch
8. Christopher Columbus
9. Doctor Seuss
10. The Milky Way Galaxy
11. Agent 007
12. The Sound of Music
13. Bugs Bunny
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