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11/10/21 Grif.Net – Post’s Word Play (p.3)

11/10/21 Grif.Net – Post’s Word Play (p.3)

The=
Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its =
yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings =
for common words.  Dr. Mott added these winners for our readers to =
enjoy:

 

1. =
Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs.

 

2. =
Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has =
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. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a =
nightgown.

 

6. =
Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp.

 

7. =
Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.

 

8. =
Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run =
over by a steamroller.

 

9. =
Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline.

 

10.=
Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist.

 

11.=
Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with =
Yiddishisms.

 

12.=
Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up =
onto the roof and gets stuck there.

 

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Dr Bob Griffin =

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Knows Me, This I Love!"