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25 March 2007

Make up a new word. Mine's demigrate: to reduce one's cheese intake by half. →[More:]

The linked WashPo contest seems to be a hoax, but the words are pretty good — I particularly like beelzebug and ignoranus.

Submissions, chatfiends?

post by: rob511 at: 19:32 | 17 comments

WaPo (or someone) holds the contest every year. I didn't remember that it was them, but I remember the annual NPR stories about the winners.

I can't come up with one just now, but I have to ask -- why the hell would anyone demigrate in the first place?? It's not right, I tell you!

posted by mudpuppie 25 March | 19:39

I just saw the cardiologist; doc's orders (sigh).

posted by rob511 25 March | 19:42

I totally suck at this. I'm no Rich Hall.

posted by richat 25 March | 19:45

Jeezes, rob--get a second opinion!!

posted by jrossi4r 25 March | 19:46

donnybrood: the offspring of one of the Osmonds

posted by iconomy 25 March | 19:59

defecration: flinging poo at holy relics

Why is that the first thing that popped into my head?

posted by backseatpilot 25 March | 20:02

hormonious: a very vocal prostitute

posted by iconomy 25 March | 20:04

cordiologist: someone that pulls on your heartstrings

posted by backseatpilot 25 March | 20:09

smocktologist.

posted by quonsar 25 March | 20:49

popporn: The Young and the Dressless

posted by rob511 25 March | 20:53

Bizzaster: a bizarre disaster
Cacopiphany: an epiphany induced by cockatoos

posted by dhruva 25 March | 21:19

all ur exes r belong to texas

posted by Eideteker 25 March | 21:36

Flongy, or Phlongy (Phlongie): Adj.

Something that is half deflated, or generally tilts to one side, or just doesn't fit right.
"See that flongy car rolling along with that flongy tire on it?"

" I can't get the new printer ink cartridge to fit cause it's all flongy."

Usually once something is flongy, it's usually "all flongy".

posted by Balisong 25 March | 21:38

Nah, not a hoax, but not an annual contest either. It's just an occasional feature, not a real "contest". E-mail forwards of one particular week -- over 400 weeks ago -- keep it alive.

The rules are changing one letter of a dictionary word, so some of the above don't actually fit.

I'm sitting here trying to think of something computer-related as an entry, and all I come up with is Web 2.0 company names ...

OK, here's one: impoachment, n. A legal process of removing a country's leader, thus devolving the powers of the said office to a lousy hunter.

posted by stilicho 25 March | 22:09

quonsar IS a Doctor of Smockology. As well a Licensed Foonancial Analyst.

A person who gives up early on the latest Web 2.0 thing is a Qwitter.

The social site for X-Men is MutaChat.

The new OS for people ticked off at Microsoft is Pista.

A politician who uses the fear of terrorism to cover up his treasonous actions is a Fraitor. (Not that I can give you examples...)

posted by wendell 25 March | 23:16

Here's another political one (you can tell where my mind is, I guess): lierarchy, n. A system of government where more powerful persons order less powerful persons to speak untruthfully, and in some cases suffer the consequences.

posted by stilicho 26 March | 01:23

Followgarchy. A system of government where people vote for liars because it's easier than thinking.

posted by arse_hat 26 March | 01:30

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