Son Mark (Zog to his friends) tells us about a contest in which one little letter makes a difference.

The Washington Post's Style Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year's winners:

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 bright 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 grub in the fruit you're eating.
18. And the pick of the literature:  Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an a**hole.