Change one letter, make a new word

[Eminence Grise]

Some years back, the Washington Post ran a word game where readers took a word and changed it to make a new word, complete with new definition. Some of the winners from the original list were

• Reintarnation – coming back to life as a hillbilly.
• Sarchasm: the gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the recipient who doesn't get it.
• Doltergeist: a spirit that decides to haunt someplace stupid, such as your septic tank.

More winning clever-clogs are here - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv...nvit980802.htm

The rules are simple:

• You can only make one change to the original word by adding, changing or deleting a single letter
• The new word must have a sensible meaning.

So, to get the ball rolling...

• Delanky – a tall, thin type of executive whose management style is loved by some, loathed by others.
• Lobying – getting the ear of a county councillor to secure political favours.
• Footbalk – when you refuse to believe that your team has conceded a fifth goal.
• Exsample – when you sleep with your ex, to see if your new squeeze is better or worse than him/her.

[OwlsFan]

Moes - where you for a pint of Duff when you've been sacked from a job you were never up to but nevertheless get a multi-million pound pay off.

[stann]

Cheers EG, good idea.
Some humble contributions (am actually secretly inordinatedly chuffed with one of these):

• Refereek - an official that riles you to the point of petulance.
• Looche - Descriptive of someone who can retain their raffish, roguish charm, even when on the toilet.
• Slaundry - collective term for those items of clothing (usually single socks) that go into the dryer one day, and are never seen again.
• Radiob - Ivan Yates.

[Eminence Grise]

Brilliant - love refereek!

[the 12 th man]

Britch---- A mouthy drunk teenage girl on The Tube giving out yards to everybody.

[Eminence Grise]

So, go on, Stann, which one are you proudest of? Took me a few moments to get the bilingual twist in slaundry.

[BonnieShels]

I'd wager Slaundry. That's my favourite.

[osarusan]

Tossler - dislikeable German midfielder.

[stann]

Like slaundry now too, but at the time radiob made me chuckle, though I do rather like the breakfast NT show. Maybe it was too much coiffee*.

* Coiffee - one of those overly-fancified beverages with a styling that would put Dusty Springfield to shame.

[BonnieShels]

Seepy- being so tired it feel like your brain is dripping out your ears. I'm currently wading through those muddy waters now.

[Eminence Grise]

Was feeling very seepy, so I had a coiffee, and these came to mind...

Dopinion - the ill-thought out and badly expressed views of an idiot

Abscurity - when you can't see a six-pack in the mirror

[A N Mouse]

Liking this.

On this particular one

[*]You can only make one change to the original word by adding, changing or deleting a single letter[*]The new word must have a sensible meaning.

There was something similar on bbc radio 4, which spawned a book, the difference being removing one letter froma word or phrase - hence the title of the book - A Brief History of Tim

Back on topic

Sheepslagger - unhappy Finn Harps fan

[The Donie Forde]

Sourinho: Manager who takes defeat badly.

[SkStu]

Waniker - when someone refers to "that w@nker", "that pr*ck" etc everyone immediately knows who is being talked about.

[CraftyToePoke]

Dualogues - when spinning yarns two at a time.

[BonnieShels]

Waniker - when someone refers to "that w@nker", "that pr*ck" etc everyone immediately knows who is being talked about.

[OwlsFan]

Piles - a right pain in the ars'

[nigel-harps1954]

Blandishes - When an away fan whips out a new flag or banner on match day and it just isn't to your taste

[Eminence Grise]

Brayzenly - the optimum way of bringing the League of Ireland into disrepute.

[Eminence Grise]

Some good ones at this link - 'askhole' had me snorting out loud! - even though some have more than a single letter change.

http://www.demilked.com/new-modern-f...s-portmanteus/