We’re so late on this it’s disgusting and ridiculous. A while ago The Washington Post’s Mensa
\nInvitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding,
\nsubtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here were this year’s winners,
\nwhich the staff also forgot to post:<\/P>
\n
1. Intaxication:<\/STRONG> Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until We’re so late on this it’s disgusting and ridiculous. A while ago The Washington Post’s Mensa 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 were this year’s winners, which the staff also forgot to post: 1. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1133","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-ih","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nyou realize it was your money to start with.
2. Reintarnation:<\/STRONG>
\nComing back to life as a hillbilly.
3. Bozone (n.):<\/STRONG> The substance
\nsurrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer,
\nunfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
4.
\nCashtration (n.):<\/STRONG> The act of buying a house, which renders the subject
\nfinancially impotent for an indefinite period.
5. Giraffiti:<\/STRONG>
\nVandalism spray-painted very, very high.
6. Sarchasm:<\/STRONG> The gulf
\nbetween the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it.
7.
\nInoculatte:<\/STRONG> To take coffee intravenously when you are running
\nlate.
8. Hipatitis:<\/STRONG> Terminal coolness.
9.
\nOsteopornosis:<\/STRONG> A degenerate disease. (This one got extra
\ncredit.)
10. Karmageddon:<\/STRONG> It’s like, when everybody is sending off
\nall these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s, like, a serious
\nbummer.
11. Decafalon (n.):<\/STRONG> The grueling event of getting
\nthrough the day consuming
only things that are good for you.
12.
\nGlibido:<\/STRONG> All talk and no action.
13. Dopeler
\neffect:<\/STRONG> The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you
\nrapidly.
14. Arachnoleptic fit (n.):<\/STRONG> The frantic dance performed
\njust after you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web.
15. Beelzebug
\n(n.):<\/STRONG> Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the
\nmorning and cannot be cast out.
16. Caterpallor (n.):<\/STRONG> The color
\nyou turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you’re eating.
And the pick of the
\nliterature:
17. Ignoranus:<\/STRONG> A person who’s both stupid and an
\na$$hole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"