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Geschrieben von Evegret am 22.12.2005 um 20:39:

  Englischwortschatz Aufbaukurs

Hier gibt es ein paar Wortspiele auf Englisch von The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational 2005

1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with .

2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

3. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops right ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

4. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

5. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.

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 sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

13. Glibido: All talk and no action.

14. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

15. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

17. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

And the pick of the literature:

18. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

19. Santanced: To be convicted of wearing a silly hat, a white beard and a red custome around the end of the year.

20. Reindear: A very beloved hooved animal.

21. Frostration: The anger that arises when you're stuck on the road in a snow storm.

22. Axecution: The ending of someone's life with a medieval weapon.

23. Dishtrust: The confidence in a woman's cooking abilities.