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The Washington Post publishes a yearly contest in which readers are asked to invent alternate meanings for various words.
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The following were some of this year’s winning entries:
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) W* }, R3 Z/ h0 z7 R" f" s n4 ]$ `1. Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon.
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" F7 t. y1 \8 Y, M8 Y8 L2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have . 2 f4 M8 \) b3 X3 C
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3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. / f" z& ?! w7 E6 M8 y+ O0 b
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4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk. , H2 F- o) v% i6 ]4 _6 A/ v P
5 m9 W( e. J0 G; N& H: V) C% E5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent % w1 b/ D9 s1 o5 p* p
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6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightie.
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7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp. 2 W/ A/ h, H: v! D- g2 T
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8. Gargoyle (n.), an olive-flavoured mouthwash.
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9. Flatulence (n.) the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.
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10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline. , V" E6 m/ V$ a) G$ @2 J
6 Q N/ W3 A! c' m. {' {8 J+ Q11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam. $ }5 F3 r/ ?% C
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12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified demeanour assumed by a proctologist immediately before he examines you. * H* T4 x* D5 s4 l9 G N
& _* ]/ n2 Y9 w7 }- F; i. z% H9 g13. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish expressions.
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# u: V0 m8 T2 `% i/ d1 H2 b7 c14. Circumvent (n.), the opening in the front of boxer shorts. , K; \8 B; A7 p- W
. c% _ l5 @% a0 w3 O15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), The belief that, when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck there. " o& y; Y2 [: t @1 F( D. w
# e" [1 ~! ]) j2 A/ E3 _+ o16. Pokemon (n.), A Jamaican proctologist. |
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