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My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.  Psalm 45:1

The Washington Post's Style Invitational asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are some winners:

1) Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

 2) Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

 3) Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

 4) Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

 5) Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

 6) Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

 7) Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

 8) Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (this one got extra credit)

 9) 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.

 10) Glibido: All talk and no action.

 11) Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

 And, the pick of the litterature: