Each year the Washington Post's Style Invitational asks readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing only one letter and supply a new definition. Here are the 2002 winners:


11. Intaxication:  Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

10. Reintarnation:  Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

9. Foreploy:  Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
8. Giraffiti:   Vandalism painted very, very high.

7. 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.

5. Hipatitis:  Terminal coolness.

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

3. 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.
2. Glibido:  All talk and no action.

And, the winner of the Washington Post's Style Invitational:

1. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole