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New Mensa Challenge Vocabulary Words and Definitions
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The latest version of the "MENSA
Invitational" challenge has requested submissions that
alter any common word from the dictionary by adding, subtracting,
or changing only a single letter of the word, and then come
up with an ingenious new definition for the newly devised
word. Some of these are hilarious! Here are some recent 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 is both stupid and a total jerk.
3. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts
until
you realize it was your money in the first place.
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. 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 worm in the fruit you're eating.
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