Mensa Invitational Challenge

The challenge is to take a word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, deleting, or changing one letter, then supply a new definition.

1. Euchoria - Pleased when all the chores are done
   
   
2. Paymeant: the cheque is in the post
   
   
3. Obfuscage: to catch by confusing
   
   
4. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with
   
   
5. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly
   
   
6. 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.
   
   
7. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out
   
   
8. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period
   
   
9. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
   
   
10. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it
    
    
11. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late
    
    
12. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
    
    
13. Karmageddon: It’s like, when everybody is sending off these bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s like, a serious bummer
    
    
14. Glibido: All talk and no action
    
    
15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly
    
    
16. Inclouded: added in order to obfuscate
    
    
17. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web
    
    
18. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you’re eating.

Washington Post's Mensa Invitational Challenge
Researched by Alicia Moss

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