Comments on: Funny Word Winners

By: Abner

Abner — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:32:44 +0000

“Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly” is my favorite

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» Only An Ignoranus Would Believe In Reintarnation - Dissociated Press — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:46:32 +0000

[...] Post has a feature called Style Invitational in which it invites readers to do just that. This guy’s blog does a better job of rounding up the winners than the Post itself does. Some personal favorites: [...]

By: Niranjani

Niranjani — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:39:13 +0000

Thanks for the laughs, and inspiration. Here’re some more by me:

Bouncing â€“ bowing and singing simultaneously

Trampoline â€“ a clothesline used by tramps

Colony â€“ unbearable pain in the intestines

By: alexking.org: Blog > Even More Funny Words

alexking.org: Blog > Even More Funny Words — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 03:57:57 +0000

[...] I don’t think these are quite as good as the previous batches: [...]

By: Aericus

Aericus — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 20:45:53 +0000

Danielle,

The Ozone layer (O3) is the part of the atmosphere that keeps most harmful radiation out.

“Bozo” is slang for an idiot.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Thu, 05 May 2005 07:20:23 +0000

I’m German and I don’t get the “Bozone”. Can you explain it to me? Thanks! Danielle

By: Minor Wisdom

Minor Wisdom — Thu, 06 Jan 2005 15:44:59 +0000

Winners of the Washington Post Style Invitational
I got this in an email (thanks, Bob), and found it on alexking.org. The Washington Post Style Invitational asked readers to take a word from the dictionary and create a new word by adding or subtracting a letter. Here’s a

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alexking.org: Blog — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 18:11:33 +0000

More Funny Word Winners
It hasn’t been a year since the last batch, but this showed up in my e-mail today (thanks Jim) and it’s good stuff:

Once again, The Washington Post published its yearly contest in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for variou…

By: Jim Edwards

Jim Edwards — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 02:49:02 +0000

Frockulation: v. getting a promotion, not only without recieving an increase in pay, but also by recieving this “promotion” being totally screwed over in every way