HOT WEATHER SPELL IN SICHUAN PROVINCE CHINA/ REUTERS STRINGER,

EDITOR'S CHOICE: Anybody in Hollywood or New York want to move to China? We will pay their way if they promise to swim a lot, and never to return to the US.

Residents crowd in a swimming pool to escape the summer heat during a hot weather spell in Daying county of Suining, Sichuan province July 4, 2010. China is experiencing temperatures over 95 degrees in at least 13 provinces and regions. Picture taken July 4, 2010 by REUTERS/Stringer.

EDITOR’S CHOICE:  The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.
 
And the winners are:

 1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs. 
 
2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained. 
 
3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
 
4. Esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.
 
5. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent. 
 
6. Negligent, adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.
 
7. Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp.
 
8. Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.
 
9. Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.
 
10. Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline.
 
11. Testicle, n. A humorous question on an exam. 
 
12. Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists. 
 
13. Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist.

14. Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms. 
 
15. Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
 
16. Circumvent, n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.