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Mensa's New Words for 2005 (humor)
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Posted on 09/12/2005 3:49:22 PM PDT by pissant
The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing of one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are the 2005 winners:
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
2. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an a**hole.
3. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5. 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.
6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
11. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
12. 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.
13. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
14. Glibido: All talk and no action.
15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
16. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
17. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
18. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: ancientpost; doasearch; mensa; mensapissant; wapo
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I'll add:
Veggie: For women, a wedgie on the opposite side.
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posted on
09/12/2005 3:49:26 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: AnOldCowhand; Allegra; BerthaDee; Conspiracy Guy; Clemenza; cyborg; Dashing Dasher; Deaf Smith; ...
FF (Favorite FReeper) ping...
I'm sure some of you can add to this list...
}^)
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posted on
09/12/2005 3:53:02 PM PDT
by
The SISU kid
(Politicians are like Slinkies. Good for nothing. But you smile when you push them down the stairs)
To: pissant
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posted on
09/12/2005 3:53:24 PM PDT
by
bad company
( Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: The SISU kid
Worst Playboy issue ever: "Women of Mensa."
Kinda disappointing, as I have met some hotties at Mensa meetings, although it remains a heavily male environment.
4
posted on
09/12/2005 3:55:07 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(What's Puzzling You is Just the Nature of My Game)
To: The SISU kid; Clemenza
We shoulda figured a guy with a name like Clemenza would have faked his way into Mensa meetings! ;o)
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posted on
09/12/2005 3:57:59 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: bad company
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posted on
09/12/2005 3:58:21 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: Clemenza
I've been to one Mensa meeting since 1982 when I joined .. haven't been back. I hear that Asilomar was "fun" though
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posted on
09/12/2005 3:58:58 PM PDT
by
clamper1797
(Proud member of the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club 1972-1973)
To: bad company
That's tagline material.Damn straight!
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posted on
09/12/2005 4:00:42 PM PDT
by
ctlpdad
(Veggie: For women, a wedgie on the opposite side.)
To: The SISU kid
This is the perfect word for FR: Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
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posted on
09/12/2005 4:03:16 PM PDT
by
ctlpdad
(Veggie: For women, a wedgie on the opposite side.)
To: pissant
My wife thought of it! I don't believe it.;-)
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posted on
09/12/2005 4:06:45 PM PDT
by
bad company
( Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: The SISU kid
11
posted on
09/12/2005 4:08:36 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: pissant
12
posted on
09/12/2005 4:13:02 PM PDT
by
apackof2
(Never underestimate the power of a fuzzy friend!)
To: pissant
Arachnoleptic fit That was changing more than one letter.
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posted on
09/12/2005 4:13:15 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Mmmmmmm! Mmmmmmm! Good!)
To: pissant
To: pissant
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posted on
09/12/2005 4:19:31 PM PDT
by
marmar
(435 CASF..Ramstien Germany.....Bringing the Wounded Warriors Home....)
To: apackof2
pretty funny stuff
Them Mensars are pretty clever folk.
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posted on
09/12/2005 4:20:10 PM PDT
by
Shazbot29
(Trolling member of the DU Activist Corps!)
To: pissant
Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an a**hole.
Hey, this an anagram of "sour Nagin"! Coincidence?
To: PoorMuttly
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posted on
09/12/2005 4:28:56 PM PDT
by
apackof2
(Never underestimate the power of a fuzzy friend!)
To: pissant
Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an a**hole. I thought that was defined as a Kennedy...?
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posted on
09/12/2005 4:30:35 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(The Dems have put all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
To: The SISU kid
LOL!
"Veggie: For women, a wedgie on the opposite side."
[now that just ain't right!]...:))
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posted on
09/12/2005 4:34:28 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(There's nothing that "MORE COWBELL!" can't fix.......)
To: pissant
I like #4 becaue I have not heard anyone say "What in Tarnation" in years! I never understood what tarnation menat....but sure do like the word.
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posted on
09/12/2005 4:34:33 PM PDT
by
Feiny
(I am not mean. You're just a sissy.)
To: Chickensoup
Who do you think these people are? Mensas? ;o)
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posted on
09/12/2005 4:41:25 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: marmar
Are you just stirring up trouble tonight! ;o)
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posted on
09/12/2005 4:41:52 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: Apparatchik
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posted on
09/12/2005 4:42:10 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: The SISU kid
Catasstrophy: What you keep to memorialize catching the feline who's been yowling under your window all night.
25
posted on
09/12/2005 4:42:47 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Go Sharon! And take Peres with you!)
To: feinswinesuksass
I've always suspected it was a hillbilly contraction of "the entire nation".
[with the "tire" in entire pronounced "tar", naturally]...;))
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posted on
09/12/2005 4:42:47 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(There's nothing that "MORE COWBELL!" can't fix.......)
To: theDentist
Kennetee: part man part fat sea creature.
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posted on
09/12/2005 4:43:06 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: feinswinesuksass
That was one of Yosemite Sam's favorite lines!
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posted on
09/12/2005 4:43:32 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: pissant
"I think not!"
Careful pissant...Rene' Descartes once said that...and -vanished-!...;D
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posted on
09/12/2005 4:44:06 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(There's nothing that "MORE COWBELL!" can't fix.......)
To: pissant
Your asking me???????????? I never stir the pot.....
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posted on
09/12/2005 4:44:20 PM PDT
by
marmar
(435 CASF..Ramstien Germany.....Bringing the Wounded Warriors Home....)
To: pissant
Guitard: Moron who thinks his future lies in playing 32nd-note ladder riffs and grimacing.
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posted on
09/12/2005 4:46:51 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Go Sharon! And take Peres with you!)
To: pissant; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Old Sarge; SandyInSeattle; Darksheare; ...
DUmbkopf: Official title of William Rivers Pitt.
---
This-Is-Not-A-Ping-List ping![Freepmail me to get on or off this Not-A-Ping-List.]
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posted on
09/12/2005 4:50:06 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Go Sharon! And take Peres with you!)
To: apackof2
Puposterous: When Muttly denies knowing anything about the pic-a-nic basket.
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posted on
09/12/2005 5:10:48 PM PDT
by
PoorMuttly
(A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun -T.Jefferson)
To: Clemenza
Kinda disappointing, as I have met some hotties at Mensa meetings, although it remains a heavily male environment. I think women are too smart to waste their time on such things. ;-)
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posted on
09/12/2005 5:20:26 PM PDT
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: pissant
Although you'd believe the amens from a manse might belong to someone in Mensa, by no means would you think Natalie Manes is among the names of their membership...
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posted on
09/12/2005 5:26:48 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Dumocrat == A member of a minor, dying political party w/o a clue)
To: Salamander
I'm obviously not a candidate for Mensa!
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posted on
09/12/2005 5:27:56 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
09/12/2005 5:34:07 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: marmar
Uh-huh. You are the picture of innocence 'round here! Of course, too many Pissant threads may tarnish that halo! ;o)
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posted on
09/12/2005 5:35:21 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: mikrofon
ooooooo. Very good. I think you get a free week's membership! ;o)
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posted on
09/12/2005 5:42:23 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: pissant
Geek humor!
(The scary thing is, I think it's funny!)
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posted on
09/12/2005 5:43:02 PM PDT
by
wimpycat
(Hyperbole is the opiate of the activist wacko.)
To: pissant
I actually got a Mensa desk calendar for Xmas last year, with daily puzzles much in the same vein.
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posted on
09/12/2005 5:51:41 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Not a Mensa member, but did stay at a Holiday Inn somewhere.)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
I posted yer e-mail PING!
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posted on
09/12/2005 6:06:37 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: The SISU kid
Elevacceleration - repeatedly pushing the button to make the elevator arrive faster.
(ok, ok I admit it, it's a sniglet!)
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posted on
09/12/2005 6:16:37 PM PDT
by
Coastie
("You have to go out. You don't have to come back"- Old USCG motto.)
To: The SISU kid; pissant
Hipatitis: Terminal coolness
I have a list of people on my page that have this ;)
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posted on
09/12/2005 6:23:58 PM PDT
by
PaulaB
(Don't cut what you can untie....)
To: PaulaB
I just saw your profile page. Very nice. Good thing ya have your burly husband pictured, or the freeper-dudes would be chasing after ya!
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posted on
09/12/2005 6:38:33 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: Zacs Mom; MeekOneGOP; PhilDragoo; Happy2BMe; potlatch; ntnychik; Smartass; Boazo; Alamo-Girl; ...
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posted on
09/12/2005 6:43:32 PM PDT
by
bitt
('But once the shooting starts, a plan is just a guess in a party dress.' Michael Yon)
To: pissant
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posted on
09/12/2005 6:49:52 PM PDT
by
Enterprise
(When Rats govern they screw up and people die. Then, the Rats want to punch the President.)
To: pissant
Well thanks...
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posted on
09/12/2005 6:50:55 PM PDT
by
PaulaB
(Don't cut what you can untie....)
To: PaulaB
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posted on
09/12/2005 6:57:51 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: ctlpdad
I don't get what you mean?
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posted on
09/12/2005 7:00:30 PM PDT
by
Boazo
(From the mind of BOAZO)
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