Are you the 'coffer' or the 'coffee'?

Recently the Washington Post ran an item concerning a contest in which readers were called upon to supply alternative meanings for common words. As follows are the winning entries:
Coffee (n) – the person upon whom one coughs
Flabbergasted (adj) – appalled by how much weight one has gained. Especially appropriate this time of year
Abdicate (v) – give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. (see ‘this time of year’)
Esplanade (v) – to attempt an explanation while drunk
Willy-nilly (adj) – impotent
Negligent (adj) – answering the door when only wearing a filmy nightgown
Lymph (v) – to walk with a lisp
Gargoyle (n) – olive flavored mouthwash
Balderdash (n) – rapidly declining hairline
Testicle (n) – a humorous question on an exam
Pokemon (n) – a Rastafarian proctologist
Oyster (n) – a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
Keeping in the spirit of the contest, I’ve coined a couple of my own. They are:
Ambivalence (n) – an emergency vehicle operated by EMTs who really don’t give a damn
Vulvo (n) – a very sexy new Swedish car model
Please feel free to include any of your own. I’d love to read them.
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