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A "sniglets" is the creation of new blend words to fit a supposed need in the lexicon of the English language. An example: "furnidents" - the indentations left in the carpet where furniture once stood.
Here are some more that have started to circulate the Internet (their true creators seems unknown):
1. Caterpallor (n): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you �re eating.
2. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
3. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
4. Bozone (n): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
5. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
6. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn �t get it.
7. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
8. 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.
9. Decafalon (n): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
10. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
11. Arachnoleptic fit (n): The frantic dance you perform just after you �ve accidentally walked through a spider web.
12. Beelzebug (n): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
This is a selection of sniglets that were published by Raymond J. Rundus, Professor Emeritus of English at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, who does not claim ownership in their creation. Please also visit his highly entertaining blog on www.fayettevillenc.com.
I received this list by email once before. It was accompanied by a note saying it was the result of a Mensa competition. the assignment was to change only one letter in an existing word and give it another meaning....
That might indeed be a fun thing to try on the forum (it isn�t that easy...) Thanks for starting this post, i love this kind of stuff, language at its best!
Oh, here is the orinal text, i take out the double so it won �t be to long, It is worth it! They are soo funny
Here is the Washington Post �s Mensa Invitational which 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. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus: A person who �s both stupid and an asshole.
6.Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
11. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
14. Glibido: All talk and no action.
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.
And the winners are:
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. Willy-nilly, adj. impotent.
6. Negligent, adj. absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.
7. Lymph, v. to walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle, n. olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence, n.emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash, n. a rapidly receding hairline.
11. Testicle, n. a humorous question on an exam.
12. Rectitude, n. the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
13. Pokemon, n. a Rastafarian proctologist.
14. Oyster, n. a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism, n. the belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. Circumvent: n. an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.
different style but funny nevertheless...New words for the modern age:
BLAMESTORMING - Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible. SEAGULL MANAGER - A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves. ASSMOSIS - The process by which people seem to absorb success and advancement by sucking up to the boss rather than working hard. SALMON DAY - The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die. CUBE FARM - An office filled with cubicles. PRAIRIE DOGGING - When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm, and people �s heads pop up over the walls to see that �s going on. (This also applies to applause from a promotion because there may be cake.) MOUSE POTATO - The on-line, wired generation �s answer to the couch potato. SITCOMs - Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage. What yuppies turn into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids or start a "home business". STRESS PUPPY - A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny. PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE - The fine art of whacking the cr*p out of an electronic device to get it to work again. ADMINISPHERE - The rarefied organisational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the "adminisphere" are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve. This is often affiliated with the dreaded "administrivia" needless paperwork and processes. 404 - Someone who �s clueless. From the World Wide Web error message "404 Not Found," meaning that the requested document could not be located. (Glad you clarified that!!) OHNOSECOND - That minuscule fraction of time in which you realise that you �ve just made a BIG mistake (e.g. you �ve hit �reply all �) GOING FOR A McSH*T - Entering a fast food restaurant with no intention of buying food, you �re just going to the bathroom. If challenged by a pimply staff member, your declaration to them that you �ll buy their food afterwards is known as a McSh*t with Lies.
And I was thinking of skipping the forum because I �m in a hurry!!! But - thanks for teaching, teachers! This is a whole new world tome and i love all kinds of wordplay, so THANK YOU!!!! Nothing to start your day off like a smile and a laugh!
Good day ALL 
