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Date:         Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:01:05 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST Fryday it is.... NVC
Comments: To: don spence <dkspence@telus.net>
In-Reply-To:  <422FD1E6-F4D2-4221-98DC-4951DC1D9565@telus.net>
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Thanks Don.

I was fine until I got to 'Lymph'; I'm glad my tea was all gone!

On 9/22/06, don spence <dkspence@telus.net> wrote: > > > > > ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > 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. 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. > > > > 2. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the > > subject financially impotent for an indefinite period. > > > > 3. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high. > > > > 4. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and > > the person who doesn't get it. > > > > 5. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are > > running late. > > > > 6. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness. > > > > 7. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra > > credit.) > > > > 8 Karmageddon (n): 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. > > > > 9. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day > > consuming only things that are good for you. > > > > 10. Glibido (v): All talk and no action. > > > > 11. Dopeler Effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem > > smarter when they come at you rapidly. > > > > 12. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after > > you've accidentally walked through a spider web. > > > > 13. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into > > your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out. > > > > 14 Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub > > in the fruit you're eating. > > > > >

-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" www.crescentbeachguitar.com


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