Title: ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST Post by: kawGIRL on March 10, 2006, 03:47:38 PM Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.
The winners are: 1: Coffee (n.) the person upon whom one coughs. 2: Flabbergasted (adj.) appalled over how much weight you have gained. 3: Abdicate (v.) to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. 4: Esplanade (v.) to attempt an explanation while drunk. 5: Willy-nilly (adj.) impotent. 6: Negligent (adj.) describes a condition in which you absent-mindedly answer the door in your nightgown. 7: Lymph (v.) to walk with a lisp. 8: Gargoyle (n.) olive-flavored mouthwash. 9: Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller. 10: Balderdash (n.) a rapidly receding hairline. 11: Testicle (n.) a humorous question on an exam. 12: Rectitude (n.) the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists. 13: Pokemon (n) a Rastafarian proctologist. :R 14: Oyster (n.) a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms. 15: Frisbeetarianism (n.) (Back by popular demand): The belief that, when you die, your Soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there. 16: Circumvent (n.) an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men. Title: Re: ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST Post by: MachineDog on March 13, 2006, 08:55:02 AM Haha, that last one was great. :D
Title: Re: ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST Post by: qt314nfla on January 07, 2007, 12:35:51 PM Thanks for sharing that was good!
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