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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.
Etymology:
Quitillation
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)
Atlasshrugging
Created by: inkvision
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After indulging in some Atlasshrugging, she came to the realization that even though she was barely going to make it through the month financially, she was still glad she quit that poor-paying, soul-sucking academic job at Stanford.
Etymology: (mythology of Atlas, dropping the weight of the world)
Quittygiddy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kwitēgidē
Sentence: Though thoughts of leaving his job as Banal Retention Officer make Jason feel quittygiddy, mortgages, kids in college and living indoors make him stick with euboreia.
Etymology: quit (resign from a job) + giddy (disorienting and alarming, but exciting)
Disconjobelated
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: dis - con - JOB - ee - layt - uhd
Sentence: Having finally summoned the courage and determination to face his boss with his resignation, Victor was absolutely disconjobelated at the prospect of 'freedom' from the daily grind, and though he had some trepidation at the thought of facing his young wife Elena with the news, he hoped she would be as joy filled as he.
Etymology: Blend of discontinue, job, elated. Play on the word 'discombobulated'.
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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Wheefortyfive
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: whee fohrr tee feye vvvvvvvv
Sentence: His weefortyfive felt like a holiday, whioch was just as well, as it was the closest he would get to one for quite a while
Etymology: p45 wheee!
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COMMENTS:
Funny!!! - TJayzz, 2008-07-14: 07:40:00
welcome back galway - bookowl, 2008-07-14: 11:03:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-14: 12:03:00
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Blissmissal
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: bliss miss al
Sentence: Denzel was so excited when got home, telling his wife, Mindy, that he had quit his boring job and was free to look for better positions. His blissmissal was short-lived when the bills kept rolling in but the funding stopped.
Etymology: Bliss (euphoria,joy,extreme happiness) & Dismissal (end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave;part company)
Jobilation
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: job-i-la-tion
Sentence: The morning after I win the lottery I'm going to get up and go to work with glee and jobilation because I can finally tell the boss to stick his job in his happy place.
Etymology: job + jubiliation: great joy
Firedelight
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: fire-d-light
Sentence: "I'm free, I'm free" shouted Colin, his face lit up by the firedelight, despite the fact that he had been sacked.
Etymology: fired (not generally known for causing euphoria but this is the most tedious job in the world) + firelight (often associated with good feelings) + delight (okay, I suppose it is only a mild form of euphoria)
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COMMENTS:
reminds me of that song "sky rockets in flight - afternoon delight, ah ah afternoon delight" (purple better not read this or she'll be stuck with this all day) - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-04: 11:09:00
I hate you Jabber. (gonnafindmybabygonnaholdhertight...) - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-04: 13:55:00
knew I'd catch you purple but not catch up to you - great words this week, by the way - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-04: 14:11:00
Thanks Jabber, likewise yours! p.s. You need to check out jedijawa's "resiglation". (rubbinsticksandstonestogethermakesthesparksignite...) petaj - nice word, and thanks for the mindtune - Knights in White Satin was getting old and depressing. (skyrocketsinflight...) - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-04: 15:26:00
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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