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April 25, 2006, 06:58
Kalleh
Washington Post Word Contest
A friend sent me this. I particularly like it because balderdash is one of my favorite words!

Winners of This Year's Washington Post Word Contest

1. Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon.

2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.

3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.

5. Willy-nilly(adj.), impotent

6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absent-mindedly
answer the door in your nightie.

7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.

8. Gargoyle (n.), an olive-flavored mouthwash.

9. Flatulence (n.) the emergency vehicle that picks you up
after you are run over by a steamroller.

10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.

11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.

12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified demeanor assumed by a
proctologist immediately before he examines you.

13. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish expressions.

14. Circumvent (n.), the opening in the front of boxer shorts.

15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), the belief that, when you die, your soul goes up
on the roof and gets stuck there.

16. Pokemon (n), a Jamaican proctologist.
April 25, 2006, 11:13
arnie
quote:
Winners of This Year's Washington Post Word Contest
This year's? They are held weekly.


Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
April 25, 2006, 13:45
Kalleh
I am not familiar with this particular contest, and I am just quoting what my friend sent me. I apologize if that is incorrect.