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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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Quitessence
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: kwit ES ens
Sentence: Now that she had learned she was soon going to be rich, Wilby Cand decided that it would be great fun to do all those things she had always fantasized about doing if she never had to work again. She slept in on Monday morning, then sent out a company-wide e-mail to let everyone know that she wasn't coming in because she "didn't feel like it" and anyway, "Work screws with my buzz." She went on to describe her distaste with her boss's body odor, in addition to some of his personal habits, such as picking his nose when he thought no one was looking. She said it was too bad that he would be in charge of the whole company soon, since the big boss was "probably about to be prosecuted for fraud and/or will die of extreme old age." The e-mail took her a while to write since she also took care to personally mention each of her incompetent colleagues. All in all, it was the quitessence of a perfect day, replete with gratuitous cattiness, embarrassing (for everyone else) revelations, and sweet revenge, not to mention the sleeping-in part. Only after that did she read the letter again and realize that it said that she "COULD BE a winner," not that she WAS a winner....
Etymology: quit + quintessence (the purest or most perfect example of something)
Gleemancipation
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /glee-man-suh-PEY-shun/
Sentence: Using the infamous hand gesture of Donald Trump, Andy told his boss "You're fired." And to that, Mr. Dillard replied, "You can't fire me. I'm YOUR boss." Andy leaned back as far as he could in his boss' stiff-backed chair, grinned and said, "But don't you see? That's the one thing I can fire you from — you're no longer my boss!" After he enjoyed watching the reaction of his former boss for several moments, he stood up and strode out of the office, filled with a feeling of gleemancipation. It would only last until around the end of the month, when his rent was due, but for now, Andy simply enjoyed the moment.
Etymology: Glee - open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation (from Old English, gliu "entertainment, mirth, jest") + Emancipation - freedom from bondage, oppression, or restraint (from Latin, emancipatus "freed from control")
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COMMENTS:
I aglee! - galwaywegian, 2008-07-14: 15:52:00
Aft gang agley... - metrohumanx, 2008-07-14: 18:55:00
Free votes. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-14: 21:45:00
You are good! - lumina, 2008-07-14: 23:30:00
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Whatwillneverhappentome
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My life is destroyed because of whatwillneverhappentome.
Etymology: Coined in a fit of despair after being turned down by yet another job possibility and staying stuck in a job that is destroying me.
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COMMENTS:
Oh dear! There, there. Here's a few points for you. Love, VerbMomtomist. P.S. Try usajobs.com (or course, if you are in the U.S. or fancy living there.) - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-04: 21:15:00
Those three points just made my day. I feel bad for abusing the game--it's just been a little bit beyond one of those days today. And I did think someone else might relate. But tomorrow, I'm off. :D CINCO DE MAYO! I have to keep soldiering, looking for new work, or better yet, looking for more education. Thanks again. PS It could be worse. My job is not dull, but what emotional rewards there are are a pyrrhic victory. - mplsbohemian, 2007-05-04: 22:39:00
I should also say that I went from discovering a job rejection to hitting Verbotomy in about three minutes' time, so I was very hot under the collar. - mplsbohemian, 2007-05-04: 22:41:00
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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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COMMENTS:
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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Resignophoria
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
Lesterbeautirush
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: Less-tur-byoo-tee-rush
Sentence: Having told his soulless boss where to stick his offer of a raise, Johnny felt a Lesterbeautirush so compelling that he almost went and bought so roses.
Etymology: References the best film ever made about suburbia- American Beauty. The character Lester quits his job- no more spoiler. Also from "Rush" meaning "best ever Canadian rock band".
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COMMENTS:
hee's back - Rush "best ever Canadian rock band" I hope you're kidding! - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-04: 11:12:00
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Abandjoyment
Created by: Partario
Pronunciation: Aband-joyment
Sentence: "this is such a feeling of abandjoyment!"
Etymology: Abandon + Enjoyment
Ecstickit
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: ex/tick/it
Sentence: Jim was so ecstickit when he quit his job that he bought himself a new bed so as to be able to enjoy not having to get out of it to the max.
Etymology: ecstatic (to be in rapture) + stick it (as in take your job and stick it...)
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COMMENTS:
very clever! - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-04: 11:01:00
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Exitstasy
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: egg-zit-stah-see
Sentence: I was filled with extreme exitstasy when I left my boring busboy job to move on to bigger and better things! It was after i quit that i remembered I dropped out of highschool.
Etymology: Ecstasy (joyful excitement, great happiness) + exit (to abandon, as in one's job)
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)
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