The Washington Post asked readers...

The Washington Post asked readers to create a new word by dropping the first letter of an existing word.

The following were some of the winning entries:

Amished:
Hungering for a simpler way of life.

Ammogram:
A loaded message.

Iarrhea:
Running on about oneself.

Ickpocket:
A place to put your used Kleenex.

Idwife:
Every guy's dream.

Oreplay:
Laying the groundwork for entering the mineshaft.

Ouch-and-go:
A dominatrix's house call.

Oxtrot:
A particularly ungraceful "Dancing With the Stars" performance.

Riminal:
A man who doesn't clean up his toilet dribble.

Riskies:
Chinese-made cat food.

Unich:
German city voted World's Safest Town for Women.

Urple:
The colour of vomit.