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The Washington Post publishes a yearly contest in which readers are asked to invent alternate meanings for various words. ) a4 {, H7 e; I
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The following were some of this year’s winning entries: 8 z! H$ K9 L* q+ G4 [) ~
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1. Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon. 5 f3 f: G( O- Y2 A8 i
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2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have .
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3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. / o5 b* T& n$ _) D) L a0 ?
7 i. Q3 H6 D4 t6 M* ~' G4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
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7 U! A: X& Y- n6 B4 C- G5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent 8 l8 |% U' j! C5 I& _$ x; H6 D
8 d5 U5 `$ u p" R2 j- K6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightie.
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7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
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! k) Q8 h4 F$ J6 M& Y0 A8. Gargoyle (n.), an olive-flavoured mouthwash. / j% d" W8 |- c8 ~$ f
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9. Flatulence (n.) the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller. 2 V/ D- N3 V" v: ?) L& P3 ^6 C
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10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
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|+ b) m! n. ~0 `11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam. . ^: w/ I* U* n7 k/ [% L
* _" q5 w! n" H% N( u1 _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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; U3 s- W \: P2 h) @14. Circumvent (n.), the opening in the front of boxer shorts. ( d3 B/ k- G a, D) z) s# X7 ]- v
3 M1 ]$ B7 T T: K15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), The belief that, when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck there. - O, {( L, }! Q3 n5 U
( x1 i' l& I. Q8 u w16. Pokemon (n.), A Jamaican proctologist. |
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