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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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Unemployjoy
Created by: daisy
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Alan's unemployjoy prevented him from realizing he would be eating macaroni and cheese for breakfast, lunch and dinner from now on.
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Grindelerium
Created by: verysimplegame
Pronunciation: grine-duh-ler-e-um
Sentence: Overcome with grindelerium, Gene yelled back at the assistant manager that bathing occasionally couldn't hurt.
Etymology: Grind - delerium
Freelief
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: fruh-leef
Sentence: "I'm so completely overwhelmed by a sense of freelief, I think I might quit my next job too, and spend what's left of my existence as a bum in freeliefdom!""
Etymology: An amalgamation of the words 'free' 'and relief'.
Thriliberation
Created by: ratbastid
Pronunciation: thri-LIB-ur-AY-shun
Sentence: My joy at having given my two week notice is matched only by my thriliberation at having two weeks of paid vacation left to use.
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Quiphoria
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: k-w-ih-f-or-ee-uh
Sentence: Gary felt a moment of quiphoria as he walked out of the office building and jumped for joy as he realized he would never have to return.
Etymology: quit+euphoria
Quitilation
Created by: whipspeak
Pronunciation: kwit-i-ley-shuhn
Sentence: Tom, cradling his small box of personal belongings, felt suddenly aroused by the quitilation of seeing his fantasy unfold as security escorted him into the elevator.
Etymology: quit: to cease, or discontinue + elation: exultant gladness + titillation: to excite or arouse agreeably
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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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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Noborliss
Created by: brucee10
Pronunciation: no - Bor - lis
Sentence: I was overwhelmed with noborliss while I packed my desk and rubbed my privates on my bosses phone.
Etymology: No Boring Job + Bliss
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