[Each year the Post holds a NEOLOGISM contest, where contestants =
are asked to make up “new meanings” for common =
words.]
1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one =
coughs.
2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have =
gained.
3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat =
stomach.
4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while =
drunk.
5. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly =
answer the door in your nightgown.
6. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
7. Gargoyle (n.), gross olive-flavored =
mouthwash.
8. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are =
run over by a steamroller.
9. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding =
hairline.
10. Pok=E9mon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist.
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Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
"Jesus Knows Me, This I =
Love!"