The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are the winners:

 

1.  Cashtration (n.):  The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time. 
  
2. Ignoranus:  A person who's both stupid and an <deleted>. 
  
3. Intaxication:  Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with. 
  
4. Reintarnation:  Coming back to life as a hillbilly. 
  
5. 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. 
  
6. Foreploy:  Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid. 
  
7. Giraffiti:  Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.   
  
8. Sarchasm:  The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it 
  
9. Inoculatte:  To take coffee intravenously when you are running late. 
  
10. Osteopornosis:  A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.) 
  
11. Karmageddon:  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. 
  
12. Decafhalon (n):  The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you. 
  
13. Glibido:  All talk and no action. 
  
14. Dopeler Effect:  The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. 
  
15. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.):  The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web 
  
16. Beelzebug (n.):  Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out. 
  
17. Caterpallor (n.): The colour you turn when you discover half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

 

 

 

6 hours ago, ballpoint said:

 

Seeing that certainly gave me a flashback  😂

4 hours ago, xylophone said:

The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are the winners:

 

1.  Cashtration (n.):  The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time. 
  
2. Ignoranus:  A person who's both stupid and an <deleted>. 
  
3. Intaxication:  Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with. 
  
4. Reintarnation:  Coming back to life as a hillbilly. 
  
5. 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. 
  
6. Foreploy:  Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid. 
  
7. Giraffiti:  Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.   
  
8. Sarchasm:  The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it 
  
9. Inoculatte:  To take coffee intravenously when you are running late. 
  
10. Osteopornosis:  A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.) 
  
11. Karmageddon:  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. 
  
12. Decafhalon (n):  The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you. 
  
13. Glibido:  All talk and no action. 
  
14. Dopeler Effect:  The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. 
  
15. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.):  The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web 
  
16. Beelzebug (n.):  Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out. 
  
17. Caterpallor (n.): The colour you turn when you discover half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

 

 

 

 

Reterdation : Brakes that a local long distance bus driver uses.

1 hour ago, VBF said:

 

Seeing that certainly gave me a flashback  😂

 

You get the picture.

 

 

46 minutes ago, ravip said:

 

 

And it is so sad that they don't.

5 hours ago, ballpoint said:

 

You get the picture.

I'm focussed on it!

58 minutes ago, billd766 said:

1 hour ago, ravip said:

 

 

 

And it is so sad that they don't.

Absolutely!!! 👍👍👍👍

 

Used to love Tom & Jerry.

When I was a kid, my father used to call me when they were on TV with the shout "It's education time" 😂

 

Found a DVD of T&J Anniversary Collection in a Pattaya market many years ago - must dig it out!!!

Takes a lot of bravery to do that.  Most people wouldn't go near a drunk Russian, let alone allow one to sit on them.

Handed out at the current Tory Party conference: