--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here is the Washington Post's Mensa Invitational which once again > asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by > adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new > definition.
I loved those. This week the Post is re-running a contest where you take a common word and give it a new definition. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/18/AR2008011801849.html?sub=new You probably have to sign in to read the link. Some winners from prior years: Apiary: An apartment shared by three bachelors. ( Registry: To give your final answer. Juggernaut: A flat-chested woman. Gypsum: The primary ingredient in car undercoating. A Dictionary of Honorable Mentions: Abed: Defeated in a debate. Alleviate: When you realize there isn't a word for it on the tip of your tongue, you invent a neologism. Asinine: Seven of Nine's ex-husband. Asinine: An almost perfect derrière. Aspic: Vote. Bedpan: To have an affair with a man who never grew up.
