New words from this week's Washington Post contest

Discussion in 'Linguistics' started by Fraggle Rocker, Oct 27, 2007.

  1. Fraggle Rocker Staff Member

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    Rules: Remove the first letter from an existing word and define the results.

    Amished: Hungering for a simpler way of life.
    Assover: Any holiday dinner attended by an unwanted relative.
    Egotiation: An I for an I.
    Eminar: Eminem's fifth child.
    Etard: A person who always clicks "Reply to All" on an e-mail only needed by the original sender.
    Iarrhea: Running on about oneself.
    Ickpocket: A place to put used Kleenex.
    Ngland: Vietnam.
    Omenclature: The Homeland Security threat-level warning system.
    Ompadre: A Buddhist priest.
    Ouch-and-go: A house call by a dominatrix.
    Pectacular: Endowed with an unbelievable chest.
    Rankfurter: A hot dog from the back of the refrigerator.
    Riminal: A man who doesn't clean up his toilet dribble.
    Riskies: Cat food made in China.
    Ubergine: An enormous eggplant.
    XY-moron: A man.

    Honorable mention to a reader who worked the other way and added a letter:

    Shysterectomy: Disbarment.
     
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  3. Grantywanty Registered Senior Member

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    OK, I'll toss off a few of my own

    Carification - ritual designs cut into the landscape by automobiles and roads
    Earsighted - having this specific form of distracting synesthesia
    Lutocracy - rule or power of the music or the musical
    Emoval - dumping unwanted files onto the internet rather than into the trash bin

    and one with the added letter.

    bovoid - shaped like a cow
     
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  5. Grantywanty Registered Senior Member

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    lessed - what one is when the Holy Spirit has taken away grace
    lement - to grieve the loss of something fundamental
    erpies - sexually transmitted dypepsia
    ecaffeinated - getting a buzz from being online
    ortuitude - having the strength to see options
     
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