Summary:
Okay, let’s call this a writing exercise, instead of a shameful display of how much time I have on my hands… Writer’s Digest ran a Word Wizards competition, inspired by the annual Washington Post competition of the same variety. WD challenged writers to take any writing term, change a few letters, and give it a new definition. Naturally, my singular submission to the contest is not included here, on the off chance I might actually win or place.

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Okay, let’s call this a writing exercise, instead of a shameful display of how much time I have on my hands… Writer’s Digest ran a Word Wizards competition, inspired by the annual Washington Post competition of the same variety. WD challenged writers to take any writing term, change a few letters, and give it a new definition. Naturally, my singular submission to the contest is not included here, on the off chance I might actually win or place. Maybe other writers will have more luck with parts of speech besides the noun, one lonely adjective, and an awkward prepositional phrase. Here’s my silliness to get you started.

Qweary (adj.): How editors feel at the end of a day spent reviewing submission ideas that all sound the same.

Submession (n.): Wrinkled manuscript with coffee stains.

Greeting curds (n., plural): What writers send during the holidays when their career is going, um, sour. There is nothing like cottage cheese to brighten someone’s day.

Shirt story (n.): Short coming-of-age piece about a jersey from a boy.

Manuscrapt (n.): Novel formed from the crumpled pages discarded in writers’ wastebaskets.

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