MENSA’s new word list, for your perspicacious enjoyment (and no, I don’t really know what perspicacious means). The Washington Post’s Style MENSA Invitational asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supplying a new definition.

(Thanks to Martha for sending.)

Here are some that seemed to be custom-made for my vocab list. How did they know?

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

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.

(I believe this also works in reverse. Smart people with a bozone layer than creates temporary stupidity. And then, there is my own personal bozone layer that filters in around 3:45 every afternoon.)

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

(Kim’s note: this also works for college tuition or ambitious, but fabulous vacations.)

Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who does not get it.

(Again, my daughters would claim this relates to…ummm…me, the mom who doesn’t get any joke…ever.)

Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late. (Oh, I wish.)

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.

(Clearly, not understanding the concept of letting someone go ahead of you at the grocery store in exchange for an excellent parking spot the next day.)

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

(I can do this. Really I can. Really, really. And it’s not a diet, it’s a life style!)

Glibido: All talk and no action.

(Me, again? Nah, can’t be.)

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

(Ok, guilty…)

Happy Wednesday. May you avoid the bozone and enjoy the decafalon. And I say that without sarchasm.