Today I write to you while teetering on the brink of a firmly enforced Thanksgiving deadline, for which I am not the least bit grateful.
You, my wordy playmates, are out there, somewhere, noodling away at the game we introduced Nov. 22: Penelope's Revenge. Any minute now, you will email me a brilliantly mutilated new word to chortle over and share.
But I can't wait or the deadline will kill this column.
So, here's a reminder of how to play: Create a homograph by moving the main emphasis of a word to a different syllable. Use hyphens to set off that syllable. Define your new word. Examples:
Stab-ilization, from stabilization, means the realization that you want to stab someone, someone wants to stab you or you have been stabbed.
Penulti-mate, from penultimate, means the last person you divorce before you marry the love of your life.
Can you top those? Send your new words to
cstorey@adgnewsroom.com