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:

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 stop 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.

18. Ignoranus: a person who's both stupid and an problem.