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C & P I got from my brother...Neologism Contest This came from a member of his church. Once again the Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly Neologism Contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate 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 steam roller. 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 onto 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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3/10/2007 1:00 pm |
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I don't know unless you Google Washington Post Neologism Contest. Thanks for dropping in! Ann
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3/15/2007 1:23 pm |
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3/19/2007 5:15 pm |
ANN I DECIDED TO PAY YOU A VISIT AND LOW AND BEHOLD THERE ARE FUNNIES WELL I NEEDED THAT LAUGH SO I TY VERY MUCH HUGS MOONY We are the leaves of one branch, the drops of one sea, the flowers of one garden.
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