Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly neologism contest, meanings for common words.
1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs. (And a coffer would be...)
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. (and students at mid-term would be testes?)
12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists. (and hopefully there would be moral rectitude?)
13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist. (for all transcriptionists everywhere)
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. (Or carried off in the mouth of an exuberant golden retriever)
2 comments:
I love these! Thanks for sharing them, Pamela.
Yes, thanks--I especially love "lymph" and "oyster."
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