Date: Friday, March 17, 2000 2:02 PM The Washington Post's "Style Invitational" 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 some recent winners.

1. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
2. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of obtaining sex.
3. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
4. Tatyr: A lecherous Mr. Potato Head.
5. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the recipient who doesn't get it.
6. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
7. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
8. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease.
9. Burglesque: A poorly planned break-in. (See: Watergate)
10. 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.
11. Glibido: All talk and no action.
12. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
13. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a refund from the IRS, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.