Those words should suit the Washington Post.
When I worked for them in the 1970s they couldn't spell colour, aluminium,
or tyre; they didn't know what a chassis was, or the boot of a car; they
laughed when I smoked fags; they didn't know how to use a knife and fork
properly AND they all drove on the wrong side of the road :-)>
Best Cheers
Frank
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----- Original Message -----
From: A. P. "Sandy" Grice <rover@pinn.net>
To: <lro-digest@Works.Team.Net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 2:58 PM
Subject: LRO: New words
> OK, gang, this doesn't have a thing to do with Rovers, but I found it
amusing and educational nonetheless, and thought that ya'll might even start
using some of them. Enjoy....
>
> The Washington Post's Style Invitational 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 some recent winners:
>
> 1) Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you
realize it was your money to start with.
>
> 2) Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
>
> 3) Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of
getting laid.
>
> 4) Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
>
> 5) Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person
who doesn't get it.
>
> 6) Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
>
> 7) Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
>
> 8) Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (this one got extra credit)
>
> 9) 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.
>
> 10) Glibido: All talk and no action.
>
> 11) Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they
come at you rapidly.
>
> And, the pick of the litterature:
>
> 12) Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
>
>
>
>
>
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