VOCABULARY EXPANSION (MORE)



The Washington Post had a contest for readers in which they were asked to supply possible alternate meanings for various words. The following were some of the winning entries...
Abdicate: v., To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
Balderdash: n., A rapidly receding hairline.
Bustard: n., A very rude Metrobus driver.
Carcinoma: n., A valley in California, notable for its heavy smog.
Circumvent: n., The opening in the front of boxer shorts.
Coffee: n., A person who is coughed upon.
Esplanade: v., To attempt an explanation while drunk.
Flabbergasted: adj., Appalled over how much weight you have gained.
Flatulence: n., The emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.
Frisbatarianism: n., Belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.
Gargoyle: n., An olive-flavored mouthwash.
Internet: n., the web of interns in which Ken Starr has tried to snare Bill Clinton.
Lymph: v., To walk with a lisp.
Macadam: n., the first man on Earth, according to the Scottish bible.
Marionettes: n., Residents of Washington, D.C., who have been jerked around by the mayor.
Negligent: adj., Describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightie.
Oyster: n., A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish expressions.
Rectitude: n., The formal, dignified demeanor assumed by a proctologist immediately before he examines you.
Semantics: n., Pranks conducted by young men studying for the priesthood, including such things as gluing the pages of the priest's prayer book together just before vespers.
Testicle: n., A humorous question on an exam.
Willy-nilly: adj., Impotent