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:

1) Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until
you sober up when 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 literature: