The Washington Post's MENSA Invitational produced the following winning new words for 2008

1.  Intaxacation - Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to begin with.

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

3.  Bozone - 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.

4.  Cashstration - The act of buying a house which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.

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.  Inoculatte - To take coffee intraveniously when running late.

8.  Hipatitis - Terminal coolness.

9.  Osteopornosis - A degenerate disease.

10. Karmageddon - It's like, when everybody is sending off these really bad vibes, right?  And then like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

11. Decafalon - The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

12. Glibido - All talk and no action.

13. Dopeler - Effect: the tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly, or when you're drunk.

14. Arachnoleptic Fit - The frantic dance performed just after you've accidently walked through a spider web.

15. Beelzebug - Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at 3AM and cannot be cast out.

16. Caterpallor - The color you turn after finding half the worm in the fruit you've been eating.

17. Ignoranus - A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

The rules were as follows:  Take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting or changing one letter.  Then provide the new definition.

TOMORROW IS THE LONGEST DAY OF 2008, GIVE THAT EXTRA TIME IT TO SOMEONE WHO NEEDS IT, ANYONE!