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The Washington Post recently published a contest for readers in which
they were asked  to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, 
subtracting or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.<br>
The following were some of the winning entries:
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<strong>Abdicate</strong> --v., to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
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<strong>Balderdash</strong> --n., a rapidly receding hairline.
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<strong>Burglesque</strong> -- A poorly planned break-in. (See: Watergate)
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<strong>Bustard</strong> --n., a very rude Metrobus driver.
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<strong>Carcinoma</strong> --n., a valley in California, notable for its heavy smog.
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<strong>Circumvent</strong> --n., the opening in the front of boxer shorts.
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<strong>Coffee</strong> --n., a person who is coughed upon.
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<strong>Dopeler effect</strong> -- The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
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<strong>Esplanade</strong> --v., to attempt an explanation while drunk.
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<strong>Flabbergasted</strong> --adj., appalled over how much weight you have gained.
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<strong>Flatulence</strong> --n., the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.
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<strong>Foreploy</strong> -- Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of obtaining sex.
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<strong>Frisbatarianism</strong> --n., Belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.
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<strong>Gargoyle</strong> --n., an olive-flavored mouthwash.
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<strong>Giraffiti</strong> -- Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
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<strong>Glibido</strong> -- All talk and no action.
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<strong>Hipatitis</strong> -- Terminal coolness.
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<strong>Inoculatte</strong> -- To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
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<strong>Intaxication</strong> -- Euphoria at getting a refund from the IRS, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
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<strong>Karmageddon</strong> -- 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.
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<strong>Lymph</strong> --v., to walk with a lisp.
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<strong>Marionettes</strong> --n., residents of Washington who have been jerked around by the mayor.
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<strong>Negligent</strong> --adj., describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightie.
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<strong>Osteopornosis</strong> -- A degenerate disease.
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<strong>Oyster</strong> --n., a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish expressions.
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<strong>Rectitude</strong> --n., the formal, dignified demeanor assumed by a proctologist immediately before he examines you.
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<strong>Reintarnation</strong> -- Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
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<strong>Sarchasm</strong> -- The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the recipient who doesn't get it.
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<strong>Tatyr</strong> -- A lecherous Mr. Potato Head.
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<strong>Testicle</strong> --n., a humorous question on an exam.
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<strong>Willy-nilly </strong>--adj., impotent.

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