REALLY CLEVER.....

The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational 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. Here are this year's winners.

None of them get through spellcheck. 1.

Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with. 2.

Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly. 3. Bozone n.: The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating.

The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future. 4.

Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid. 5. Cashtration n.

: The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.

6.

Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high. 7. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

8. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

9.

Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease.

This one got extra credit. 11.

Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

12. Decafalon n.: The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you. 13. Glibido: All talk and no action. 14. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. 15. Arachnoleptic fit n.: The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web. 16. Beelzebug n.: Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out. 17. Caterpallor n.: The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating. And the pick of the literature: 18. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an a*****e.