Fun_People Archive
8 Apr
Dictionary Updates

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The following are from the Washington Post Style Invitational (a weekly
contest for readers). The idea is to redefine words from the dictionary.

Abdicate--v., to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

Carcinoma--n., a valley in California, notable for its heavy smog.

Esplanade--v., to attempt an explanation while drunk.

Willy-nilly--adj., impotent.

Flabbergasted--adj., appalled over how much weight you have gained.

Negligent--adj., describes a condition in which you absentmindedly.answer
the door in your nightie.

Lymph--v., to walk with a lisp.

Gargoyle--n., an olive-flavored mouthwash.

Bustard--n., a very rude Metrobus driver.

Coffee--n., a person who is coughed upon.

Flatulence--n., the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run
over by a steamroller.

Internet--n., the web of interns in which Ken Starr has tried to snare Bill
Clinton.

Balderdash--n., a rapidly receding hairline.

Testicle--n., a humorous question on an exam.

Semantics--n., pranks conducted by young men studying for the priesthood,
including such things as gluing the pages of the priest's prayer book
together just before vespers.

Rectitude--n., the formal, dignified demeanor assumed by a proctologist
immediately before he or she examines you.

Macadam--n., the first man on Earth, according to the Scottish bible.

Marionettes--n., residents of Washington, DC, who have been jerked around by
the mayor.

Circumvent--n., the opening in the front of boxer shorts.

Oyster--n., a person who sprinkles his or her conversation with Yiddish
expressions.

© 1999 Peter Langston