Neologisms

[Re-Vision]

> Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternative meanings for common words.
>
> The winners are:
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> 1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.
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> 2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.
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> 3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
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> 4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
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> 5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.
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> 6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly
> answer the door in your nightgown.
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> 7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
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> 8. Gargoyle (n), olive-flavored mouthwash.
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> 9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are
> run over by a steamroller.
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> 10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
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> 11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.
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> 12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
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> 13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist.
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> 14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
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> 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.


BDC

[YellowJacket!]

I think a couple of those words were on the GRE I took last week.

David

[akvision]

That is the best read of the day.
My wife now thinks i am funny.

[funkamongus]

LOL  Lots o laughs on that one too!!!

[akvision]

BDC, thanks for the true definitions..  I have read these words in the "Econmist" never knew what they meant.
They all make sense now.

[YellowJacket!]

LOL... great again.

David