A couple weeks ago in my Study of Words class we learned about blending, a linguistic term for when people take parts of separate words and blend them together to form a new word. In class we looked at this list of new humorous blendings sent in by readers of the Washington Post.
The Washington Post 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 the winners:
1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realise it was your money to start with.
2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
3. 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.
4. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
5. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
6. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
7. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
8. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
9. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
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. Decafalon (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 color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating.
And the pick of the literature
18. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an a**hole.
Here's the link where I got them from: http://www.psychicsahar.com/artman/publish/article_121.shtml
4 comments:
I'm pretty sure that this is where I came upon "wouch" - when reading the Washington Post on one of my weekend work-overs in Jan. But I came up with my OWN definition: when you force a great fart and it sorta hurts.
Oh, I love "sarchasm". I've experienced this a few times lately which just moments later I am reminded that not everyone appreciates sarcasm and maybe I should try to curb it a bit...
I too enjoy the sarchasm. Too often I have had to back pedal and explain myself because someone could not cross the chasm. I think there should be a subdivision for AIM sarchasms, cause there's only so much you can do with bold, italic, and underline.
Just for some clarification for everyone, Evann (the person who left the above comment) is not my cousin Evan, but rather one of my friends from the research thing I did last summer.
Yes Evann, bold, italic, and underline just don't cut it sometimes.
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