This week we have another old favourite. Competitors are invited to take an existing word and alter it by a) adding a letter; b) changing a letter; and c) deleting a letter; and to supply definitions for all three new words. (Total word count of entry 150 words maximum.)
Please email entries to lucy @ spectator.co.uk by midday on 14 August and mark them Competition 2811. Last time we ran this comp, it attracted a mammoth entry and was described as ‘unnervingly addictive’. Bill Greenwell’s winning entry will give you an idea of what I am after:
Ministry
a) Milnistry: n. process of persuading otherwise sensible adults to read fictions about toy animals.
b) mimistry: n. demonstration or study of scientific apparatus and chemical reactions using simulations only, e.g., hand, eye, and other bodily suggestions, for health and safety reasons.
c) minitry: 1. n. a half-hearted attempt at carrying out instructions, or undertakings in the interest of the state.
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