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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

Ed Toler sent me this. I thought I'd share it with you.

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:
Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the recipient who doesn't get it.
Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly
Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very high
Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of obtaining sex
Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late
Hipatitis: Terminal coolness
Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease
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.
Glibido: All talk and no action
Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a refund from the IRS, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid & an asshole.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

I thik I'll have to use the last one. It's better than my combination of terms, "dumbasshole"... :-)

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"It'd be a pity if every pencil on Earth suddenly collapsed in on itself and blew everything up."
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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

Americans love to play with words don't they? :] Must say, these are much better than some..

Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

Hey! Almost every word we use is borrowed, adapted, or based on words from other languages (and occasionally invented). It's fun!

--Baloo

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Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

*LOL*
These are priceless. Especially "sarchasm".

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"So, no room for Bender, huh? Well I'll build my own lunar lander, with blackjack, and hookers.
In fact, who needs a lander, or blackjack?
Ah, screw the whole lot o' ya!"
-- Bender, Futurama.

Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

Hey! That's our language! You break it, you bought it. . . B(

Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

Don't complain! We inherited all our linguistic heritage (except spelling) from you!

Thanks!

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--Steve Allen
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[Well, not you in particular, but the English-speaking world started where you live, after all!]

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

I think that everyone on the planet should just agree to speak Klingon. That way no one can claim that some one else messed up or stole their language. It might take a while to get used to my mom telling me that she'll shove my veggies down the gullet of my corpse if I don't eat them, though.

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"I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground: That "all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States or to the people . . ." To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible of any definition."
- Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 1791

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

I think it's hilarious that Esperanto, a language specifically invented to circumvent nationality and intended as a universal "Earth-speak" is spoken by fewer people than those who speak Klingonese.

I must learn a few words and phrases someday.

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