THE WASHINGTON POST'S STYLE INVITATIONAL 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 some recent winners:

1. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the reader who doesn't get it.
2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
3. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very high.
4. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of obtaining sex.
5. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously.
6. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease.
7. 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.
8. Glibido: All talk and no action.
9. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
10. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a refund from the IRS, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with. (people get refunds?)

And, best of all...
11. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.