Wordplay

The Washington Post's ''Style Invitational'' asks readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are some recent winners: Foreploy: any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of obtaining sex. Doltergeist: a spirit that decides to haunt someplace stupid, such as your septic tank. Giraffiti: vandalism spray-painted very, very high, such as on an overpass. Sarchasm: the gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the recipient who doesn't get it. Contratemps: the resentment permanent workers feel toward the fill-in workers. Coiterie: a very VERY close-knit group.Impotience: eager anticipation by men awaiting their Viagra prescription. Reintarnation: coming back to life as a hillbilly.Inoculatte: to take coffee intravenously when you are running late.Hipatitis: terminal coolness.Guillozine: a magazine for executioners.Suckotash: a dish consisting of corn, lima beans and tofu.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, ya know? Glibido: all talk and no action.Vaseball: a game of catch played by children in the living room.Eunouch: the pain of castration.Deifenestration: to throw all talk of God out the window.Hozone: an area where women of the night hang out.Acme: a generic skin disease.Dopeler effect: the tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. Intaxication: euphoria at getting a refund from the IRS, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with. Newtspaper: the Washington Times.Nazigator: an overbearing member of your carpool.