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Hamara Forums _ International Languages _ New Meanings To Confuse!

Posted by: asad Jan 12 2005, 11:33 PM

The Washington Post has published the winning submissions
to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate
meanings for common words.

The winners are:

1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.

2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight
you have 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.), describes a condition in which you
absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown.

7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.

8. Gargoyle (n.), olive-flavored mouthwash.

9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up
after you are 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, when you die,
your 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.


Enjoy!

Please chip in with you own new meanings.


Posted by: Talaikya Jan 12 2005, 11:57 PM

Oh Mahn!! these are priceless!! I can't stop laughing... made my day!!

Posted by: pranavjh Jan 13 2005, 12:09 AM

Really funny!!!

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Pranav

Posted by: Chitralekha Jan 13 2005, 11:57 AM

willy-nilly? ROFLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL laugh.gif

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