ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST

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ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST

Postby Achilles » Thu Aug 11, 2005 4:04 pm

Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternative meanings for common words.

The winners are:

1. Coffee (N.) the person upon whom one coughs.

2. Flabbergasted (adj.) appalled over how much weight you have gained.

3. Abdicate (V.) to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

4. Esplanade (V.) to attempt an explanation while drunk.

5. Willy-nilly (Adj.) impotent.

6. Negligent (Adj.) describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown.

7. Lymph (V.) to walk with a lisp.

8. Gargoyle (N.) olive-flavored mouthwash.

9. Flatulence (N.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.

10. Balderdash (N.) a rapidly receding hairline.

11. Testicle (N.) a humorous question on an exam.

12. Rectitude (N.) the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.

13. Pokemon (N) a Rastafarian proctologist.

14. Oyster (N.) a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.

15. Frisbeetarianism (N.) (back by popular demand): The belief that, when you die, your soul flies up on to the roof and gets stuck there.

16. Circumvent (N.) an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.

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Re: ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST

Postby beefhole » Thu Aug 11, 2005 6:23 pm

13. Pokemon (N) a Rastafarian proctologist.

lol, for some reason that one was the best for me.

All great Achilles ;D
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Re: ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST

Postby Hai Perso Coyone? » Fri Aug 12, 2005 3:59 am

LOL!! Very nice Achilles ;D ;D ;D
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Re: ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST

Postby Omag 2.0 » Fri Aug 12, 2005 7:46 am

Yup ... nr. 13 - Pokemon had me LMAO... considering the explanation, that could be dangerous...  ;D
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Re: ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST

Postby beaky » Fri Aug 12, 2005 7:48 pm

:D :D :D
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Re: ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST

Postby Antei » Sun Aug 14, 2005 10:53 am

;D
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Re: ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST

Postby ozzy72 » Sun Aug 14, 2005 12:46 pm

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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