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