 
 
The Mensa Invitational once again 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 the 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. Bozone: 
The substance surrounding stupid people that stops 
bright ideas from penetrating.. The bozone layer, unfortunately, 
shows little sign of 
breaking down in the near future. 
4. Foreploy: 
Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of 
getting (bleeped) 
5. Cashtration: 
The act of buying a house, which renders the subject 
financially impotent for an indefinite period. 
6. Giraffiti: 
Vandalism spray-painted very, very high. 
7. Sarchasm: 
The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the 
person who doesn't get it. 
8.Inoculatte: 
To take coffee intravenously when you are running late. 
9. Hipatitis: 
Terminal coolness. 
10. Osteopornosis: 
A degenerate disease. (extra credit) 
11. 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. 
12. Decafalon: 
The grueling event of getting through the day consuming 
only things that are good for you. 
13. Glibido: 
All talk and no action. 
14.. Dopeler effect: 
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they 
come at you rapidly. 
15. Arachnoleptic fit: 
The frantic dance performed just after you've 
accidentally walked through a spider web. 
16. Beelzebug: 
Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your 
bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out. 
17. Caterpallor: 
The color you turn after finding half a worm in the 
fruit you're eating.