THE TEST
Take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are some examples of prior submissions:
1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, lasting until you realize it was your money to start with.
2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
4. Bozone: The biological substance surrounding stupid people keeping bright ideas from penetrating.
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, like, sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's, like, a serious bummer..
12. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
15. Arachnoleptic Fit: The frantic dance you perform just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
BILL CHERRY, BROKER-REALTOR. MY 43RD YEAR SELLING TEXAS. 972 380-7347
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Debbie, thanks for your note. I'm like you. I just love them...primarily because of the remarkable brain power it took to think those things up.
I, too, use stuff like this in my newsletters. Darned sure gets people to look forward to the next issue, doesn't it?
Regards
BILL CHERRY