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The Washington Post publishes a yearly contest in which readers are asked to invent alternate meanings for various words.
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8 j# P0 Y6 i7 z7 [3 n/ ^The following were some of this year’s winning entries: 2 c2 H4 Q2 v3 j4 r: ]
! [# [- d7 H" \: C6 T/ Y9 `1. Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon.
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2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have . 3 ], f$ A8 ~' a
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3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
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1 V$ C; ]2 Y4 ], U' e+ `4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
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5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent
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6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightie. , a3 `' p s' _2 l% F
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7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
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8. Gargoyle (n.), an olive-flavoured mouthwash.
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$ Z% ^: Y* S3 S9. Flatulence (n.) the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.
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! a- t8 U: K$ h8 E/ Q0 W10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline. ( o7 B; v3 @" z' Z- E
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11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam. Q9 q( ^* r- I1 p$ Y8 ?/ J1 l% p
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12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified demeanour assumed by a proctologist immediately before he examines you.
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13. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish expressions.
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4 J# W4 \. I2 M+ J' ^2 f5 ~14. Circumvent (n.), the opening in the front of boxer shorts.
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15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), The belief that, when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck there. 2 H( d# p( w' R! } J
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16. Pokemon (n.), A Jamaican proctologist. |
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