Sal's Place

Sal's Place

MCS America News, Volume 3, Issue 2, February 2008.

This month I’d like to share on the lighter side. Each year the Washington Post's Style Invitational asks readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter and supply a new definition. We decided to do that with multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) in mind. Here are the results:

Chempagne (n)
A campaign against chemicals.
A synthetic champagne.

Wealthcare (n)
What doctors personally think about when the go into the healthcare field.

Chemicab (n)
A taxicab filled with the drivers cologne and laundry fragrances.

Chemicam (n)
A camera that can sense volatile organic compounds and other chemicals in the air.

Chemican (n)
The trash can, where all chemicals belong.

Chemicap (n)
A hat worn to keep chemical residue in the air from getting on a person's hair.

Chemicar (n)
A vehicle that transports toxic waste.

Chemicaw (n)
A macaw with chemical sensitivity

Chemicat (n)
A feline/cat with chemical sensitivity

Toxicab (n)
A taxicab filled with the drivers cigarette smoke.

Chempion (n)
A person who believes chemicals make the world a better place.

Resticide (n)
A pesticide which is designed to put one to rest.

Chemicalm (adj)
A synthetic state produced by an anti-anxiety pharmaceutical drug.