Word Play Masters does a contest each year whereby people take a word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting or changing one letter, and then supply a new definition. The organizers regularly post entries so we can enjoy the creativity all year long. Here are some of my favorites so far this year:
Assumicide
Making an assumption without first checking the facts (no author named)
Bureauprat
You’ll know, as soon as you are dealing with one (Ralph Magro)
Debarkation dispute
A dog fight in an airport (Andrew Herden)
Evacation
When you go for a holiday but spend most of your time connected to your office by gadgets (Raja Setlur)
Galisthenics
Exercise for women only (Jeff Jackson)
Incorrectomy
A surgeon’s worst nightmare (Anthony Altomare)
IRSVP
Letter informing you that you’re being audited (Kevin Sutherland)
Pepidemic
Contagious cheerfulness (Keith)
Romains
The tiny little leaves in the middle of a head of lettuce that no one wants to eat. (Kriss Wolff)
Satire
Seated in a more elevated position (Neema Kashani)
Sentimeter
A unity of emotionality (Norman Cousins)
Sleepwaking
That night after you wake up, but before the alarm goes off, when you are neither really awake or asleep (Garrett Nicolai)
Snailman
Mailman plodding through snow to deliver letters (Donna Jean MacKinnon)
