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Title: Neologism Contest Results
Post by: John9362 on February 23, 2014, 08:01:54 PM
Neologism Contest

The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly neologism 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 onto the roof and gets stuck
there.

16. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts
worn by Jewish men.
Title: Re: Neologism Contest Results
Post by: Rhys 🕊 on February 24, 2014, 03:41:14 AM
haha......very good  ;D

Rhys
Title: Re: Neologism Contest Results
Post by: theophilus on February 24, 2014, 09:18:37 AM
Good one indeed! I posted it on my Facebook wall.
Title: Re: Neologism Contest Results
Post by: se7en on February 24, 2014, 04:15:39 PM
Haha,

NICE!!!
Title: Re: Neologism Contest Results
Post by: cjwood on February 24, 2014, 06:01:48 PM
#13 and #15 are my favorites.   8)
especially the pokeman one.

thanks for the share.
claudia
Title: Re: Neologism Contest Results
Post by: onelovedread on March 01, 2014, 10:51:35 AM
These guys are very sharp to come up with those witty definitions. Thanks for sharing.