Joan at Daddy’s Roses has a contest going on to create words . . . well, I’ll let her tell you:
According to a couple of questionable sources the Washington Post hosts an annual contest asking its readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting,or changing only one letter, and then supply a new definition. This contest has been referred to as The Mensa Invitational.
You can visit Daddy’s Roses to see the examples that Joan has provided. Here are my contributions:
bivocal - The ability to talk and blog at the same time
sobnoxious - an adjective describing someone who cries so much it’s annoying
bamboobled - what happens when men are tricked as a result of being distracted by large-breasted womenÂ
debilicake - to be sick from eating too much pastry
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May 8th, 2006 at 7:34 am
Those are great ones, Carol! I haven’t quite figured out how to present the final list of contributions.
May 8th, 2006 at 12:20 pm
What fun, and yours are great - I love these!
I’m still trying to think of some of my own, or prod my children into coming up with some good ones that I can pilfer.
:)