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DEFINITION: n. A feeling of euphoria which occurs when you finally quit your boring, mind-numbingly dull, and emotionally unrewarding job. v. To quit your job and feel good about it.
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Afterjunedelight
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: after/joon/dee/lite
Sentence: Afterjunedelight is what every teacher experiences at the end of term.
Etymology: afternoon delight (song made famous by Starland Vocal Band) + june
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COMMENTS:
After the grating of papers? - metrohumanx, 2008-07-14: 18:57:00
A+ - Stevenson0, 2008-07-14: 20:04:00
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Fhukinay
Created by: petersn1
Pronunciation: fuk-in-a
Sentence: Fhukinay that job sucked!
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Licentophoria
Created by: missleigh
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: Latin-licentia : license, leave, authorization /freedom, liberty = Euphoria....
Guilliment
Created by: maskandmirror
Pronunciation: Gill-Ee-Munt
Sentence: The feeling of guilliment as I walked through the door for the very last time was such that I could not help buying myself a pizza on the way home to celebrate.
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Freelation
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: frEE-lay-tion
Sentence: David experienced freelation as he told his boss he is quiting the job, telling him it is too boring shoveling manure from the barn. His boss stated, "you are a dairy farmer".
Etymology: free/elation
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COMMENTS:
Oh to be jobliss! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-04: 09:23:00
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Defunging
Created by: groklord
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COMMENTS:
this word comes from the latin root "defung", meaning 'to quit'. - groklord, 2007-05-04: 19:48:00
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Jobilation
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: job/il/a/shun
Sentence: Being one who has always "played by the rules" Jonathan could not hide his jobilation from Erica when he walked through the door a free man at 8:45 a.m, less than an hour after kissing her good-bye that Monday morning.
Etymology: root word-jubilation: exultation: a feeling of extreme joy. celebration: a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event. exultation: the utterance of sounds expressing great joy.
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COMMENTS:
Excellent word! - Mustang, 2008-07-14: 17:47:00
Quite jolly! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-14: 18:56:00
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Redundancing
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: rehd unnn dan sing
Sentence: News of his sacking led to a bout of redundancing. The court summons was not as ecstatically recieved
Etymology: redundancy, dancing
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COMMENTS:
redundancing with the stars... - Nosila, 2009-11-21: 01:23:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by ohmytodd.
Thank you ohmytodd! ~ James
So many good words already. I'll have to think about this after I exit MPOW, and head for the carpark. (Only vehiciousexiting going on at this time of the day) I wonder if there will be even a minor thrill as I'm only leaving for a long weekend.
Jabberwocky - 2007-05-04: 14:08:00
I heard this one years ago but I can't let the day go without passing it on to people who like funny word combos - Today is Star Wars Day - "May the 4th be with you"!!
wordmeister - 2007-05-06: 23:31:00
Maybe we should do a Star Wars week...
Discombobulated! One of my all-time favorite words, nice to see it used.
lumina - 2008-07-14: 14:35:00
Today's definition was suggested by ohmytodd. Thank you ohmytodd. ~ James