Word Meaning Contest

   The Washington Post's "Style Invitational" once again 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 this year's
 winners:

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

2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

3. 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.

4. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of
   getting laid.

5. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the
   subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.

6. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

7. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
   person who doesn't get it.

8. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

9. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

11. 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.

12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
    consuming only things that are good for you.

13. Glibido: All talk and no action.

14. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when
    they come at you rapidly.

15. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after
    you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

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

17. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn into, after finding half a
    grub in the fruit you're eating.

 And finally my favorite:

18. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.