Verboticisms

Created by: Rogan

Pronunciation:

Sentence: He quit! A wave of resignophoria washed over him. FInally, he was able to continue with his childhood ambition of a career in cannibalism.

Etymology: resignation + euphoria

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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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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: gid - dee - part - chure

Sentence: After her boss yelled at her yet again, Gloria had a giddyparture. She made one last grand "gesture" at him; picked up her purse, clicked her heels, gave a loud cheer and walked out for good.

Etymology: giddy, departure

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COMMENTS:

giddyup! - Nosila, 2009-11-21: 01:24:00

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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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COMMENTS:

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

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: dee/liver/dans

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

Etymology: deliverance + riverdance

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COMMENTS:

reely impressive - galwaywegian, 2007-05-04: 06:58:00

Oh yes.. that's really good. - pinwheel, 2007-05-04: 07:44:00

thank you - reely (just got that one - funny) - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-04: 11:13:00

by jiggo it is a goody. - petaj, 2007-05-04: 20:22:00

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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

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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.

Etymology:

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Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: tick-eld-pihnk-slip

Sentence: Though he wasn't trying to get fired, Bob was simply tickledpickslip over losing his job at the pork rendering plant. He thought the job, while it paid the bills, simply wasn't kosher.

Etymology: tickled pink + pink slip

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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

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Created by: br0wn

Pronunciation: dĭs'kən-tĭn'-ĭlā'shən

Sentence: Once I left that hell hole of a job and walked out of those doors, never to come back again, I was overcome with a sense of discontinilation.

Etymology: discontinue , elation

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