[SIZE=+1]14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with[/SIZE][SIZE=+1] Yiddishisms.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand): The belief[/SIZE][SIZE=+1] that, when you die, your soul flies up onto the roof and gets[/SIZE][SIZE=+1] stuck there.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]16. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts[/SIZE][SIZE=+1] worn by Jewish men.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]The Washington Post's Style Invitational also asked readers to[/SIZE][SIZE=+1] take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding,[/SIZE][SIZE=+1] subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new[/SIZE][SIZE=+1] definition. Here are this year's winners:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] 1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] future.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] 2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] purpose of getting laid.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] 3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] 4. Giraffiti : Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] 5. Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] and the person who doesn't get it.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] 6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] running late.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] 7. Hipatitis : Terminal coolness.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] 8. Osteopornosis : A degenerate disease. (This one got extra[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] credit.)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] 10. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] day consuming only things that are good for you.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] 11. Glibido (v): All talk and no action.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] 12. Dopeler effect : The tendency of stupid ideas to seem[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] smarter when they come at you rapidly.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] 13. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] 14. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] 15. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] grub in the fruit you're eating.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] And the pick of the literature:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1] 16. Ignoranus : A person who's both stupid and an asshole.*[/SIZE]