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'I quit! I'm free!'

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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Welfarilation

Created by: HubbMU

Pronunciation: well-fare-i-la-shun

Sentence: Caught up in the way he quit his job, Tim didn't realize he feelings of welfarilation would soon come to an end.

Etymology: "Welfare" -as in what you'll be on if you don't have a job, and "Jubilation"

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Good one! - jedijawa, 2007-05-07: 11:29:00

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Retireuphoria

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: re-tyr-yew-FOR-ya

Sentence: When Jason finally acted on his desire to leave his mind dulling and stress inducing job he immediately experienced a huge wave of retireuphoria and began planning what to do with all his new found idle time.

Etymology: Blend of 'retire' (intr v. to withdraw from one's position or occupation) and 'euphoria' (a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being)

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Deliverdance

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: dee/liver/dance

Sentence: His feeling of deliverdance at quitting his job was so overpowering that he felt like Michael Flatley.

Etymology: deliverance (liberation, salvation) + riverdance (of Irish step dancing fame)

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COMMENTS:

nice! - galwaywegian, 2008-07-14: 07:22:00

metrohumanx Great images come to mind... - metrohumanx, 2008-07-14: 18:58:00

Ha! Funny visual! Did he wear the headband? :) - lumina, 2008-07-14: 19:35:00

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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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redundancing with the stars... - Nosila, 2009-11-21: 01:23:00

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Quitillation

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kwitlāshən

Sentence: Joe should be concerned. He should be worried how he is going to pay his rent or make his car payment. Instead all he feels after resigning from his soul-sapping job is quitillation.

Etymology: quit (resign from a job) + titillation (stimulate or excite, esp. in a sexual way)

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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

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Abergophoria

Created by: mustilicor

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Abergophoria is often a short-lived pleasure, much like the nice, warm feeling of wetting your pants.

Etymology: ab - away from; ergo - work; and of course euphoria ...plus it has the word 'gopher' in there, which is always a plus.

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true friendship is like wetting your pants, everyone can see it, but only you can feel its true warmth - mana1066, 2007-05-06: 22:51:00

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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:

metrohumanx After the grating of papers? - metrohumanx, 2008-07-14: 18:57:00

A+ - Stevenson0, 2008-07-14: 20:04:00

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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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Resignelation

Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Rez-ig-nell-ayshon

Sentence: Robert had worked for the same bank for twenty-one years, doing the same thing day in day out. He never really wanted the job in the first place but his parents pushed him into it when he was younger, wanting him to follow in his father's footsteps. Now that he had finally found the courage to hand in his notice, the feeling of resignelation was overwhelming. He had already book his ticket to Australia, as the next few years of his life were going to be spent travelling around the world with no plans and best of all, no-one to answer to.

Etymology: Resign (leave voluntarily, of a job,post or position.) + Elation (an exhilarating psychological state of joy and optimism.) + Resignation (a formal document giving notice of intent to resign.) = Resignelation

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COMMENTS:

nice combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-14: 11:06:00

Good one! - Mustang, 2008-07-14: 17:49:00

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-04: 02:10:00
Today's definition was suggested by ohmytodd.
Thank you ohmytodd! ~ James

petaj petaj - 2007-05-04: 03:24:00
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...

hooterbug hooterbug - 2008-07-14: 11:42:00
Discombobulated! One of my all-time favorite words, nice to see it used.

lumina - 2008-07-14: 14:35:00

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-11-20: 00:02:00
Today's definition was suggested by ohmytodd. Thank you ohmytodd. ~ James