Each year the Washington Post’s Style Invitational asks readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing only one letter and
supply a new definition. Here are some of the 2002 winners:
Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which
lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
Giraffiti: Vandalism painted very, very high.
Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and
the person who doesn’t get it.
Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are
running late.
Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
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.
Dopeer Effect: The tendency for stupid ideas to seem
smarter when they come at you rapidly.