{"id":8311693,"date":"2007-03-03T11:23:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-03T11:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/su.blog.bunty.tv\/2007\/03\/03\/Sounding-Circle-The-Washington-Posts-Mensa-Invitational\/"},"modified":"2007-11-25T23:57:03","modified_gmt":"2007-11-25T23:57:03","slug":"Sounding-Circle-The-Washington-Posts-Mensa-Invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/su.blog.bunty.tv\/?p=8311693","title":{"rendered":"Sounding Circle: The Washington Posts Mensa Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='sustuff'>Stumbleupon <a href='http:\/\/bunty.stumbleupon.com\/review\/8311693\/'>Review<\/a> of :<br \/>\n\t<a href='http:\/\/soundingcircle.com\/newslog2.php\/__show_article\/_a000195-000817.htm'>http:\/\/soundingcircle.com\/newslog2.php\/__show_article\/_a000195-000817.htm<\/a><a href='http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/url\/soundingcircle.com\/newslog2.php\/__show_article\/_a000195-000817.htm'><img src='http:\/\/bunty.tv\/images\/smallstumble.png'><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<font style=\"display : block; width : 600px; background : linen; border : 2px solid lavenderblush; color : darkgoldenrod; text-align: left; padding : 8px;\"><br \/>\nThe Washington Post&#8217;s Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing of one letter, and supply a new definition.<\/p>\n<p>Here are this year&#8217;s [link] winners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n1. <b>Cashtration<\/b> (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the<br \/>\nsubject financially impotent for an indefinite period.<\/p>\n<p>2. <b>Ignoranus<\/b>: A person who&#8217;s both stupid and an asshole.<\/p>\n<p>3. <b>Intaxication<\/b>: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until<br \/>\nyou realize it was your money to start with.<\/p>\n<p>4. <b>Reintarnation<\/b>: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.<\/p>\n<p>5. <b>Bozone<\/b> (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.<\/p>\n<p>6. <b>Foreploy<\/b>: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.<\/p>\n<p>7. <b>Giraffiti<\/b>: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.<\/p>\n<p>8. <b>Sarchasm<\/b>: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn&#8217;t get it.<\/p>\n<p>9. <b>Inoculatte<\/b>: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.<\/p>\n<p>10. <b>Hipatitis<\/b>: Terminal coolness.<\/p>\n<p>11. <b>Osteopornosis<\/b>: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)<\/p>\n<p>12. <b>Karmageddon<\/b>: It&#8217;s like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it&#8217;s like, a serious bummer.<\/p>\n<p>13. <b>Decafalon<\/b> (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day<br \/>\nconsuming only things that are good for you.<\/p>\n<p>14. <b>Glibido<\/b>: All talk and no action.<\/p>\n<p>15. <b>Dopeler effect<\/b>: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.<\/p>\n<p>16. <b>Arachnoleptic fit<\/b> (n.): The frantic dance performed just after<br \/>\nyou&#8217;ve accidentally walked through a spider web.\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/font><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stumbleupon Review of : http:\/\/soundingcircle.com\/newslog2.php\/__show_article\/_a000195-000817.htm The Washington Post&#8217;s Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing of one letter, and supply a new definition. 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