The Washington Post's Style 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 this year's winners:

Bozone (n.): 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.

Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the
purpose of getting laid.

Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders
the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.

Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit
and the person who doesn't get it.

Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intraveno! usly when you are
running late.

Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness.

Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got
extra credit.)

Karmageddon (n): 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.

Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the
day consuming only things that are good for you.

Glibido (v): All talk and no action.

Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem
smarter when they come very quickly.

Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just
after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets
into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be
cast out.

Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a
grub in the fruit you're eating.

And the pick of the literature:

Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an a.shole.