New Words

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 recent winners:

• Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
• Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
• Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of obtaining sex.
• Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
• Tatyr: A lecherous Mr. Potato Head.
• Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the recipient who doesn't get it.
• Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
• Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease.
• Burglesque: A poorly planned break-in. (See: Watergate)
• 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.
• Glibido: All talk and no action.
• Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
• Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a refund from the IRS, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
• Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid & a butthole.