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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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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)
Yippeefortyfive
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: yip pee fawr tee fye vvv
Sentence: The sense of yippeefortyfive was enhanced briefly with the succesful part insertion of his report into his line managers.... erm, backup filing system.
Etymology: yippee, p45
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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Eubumia
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: yu - buhm - ee - uh
Sentence: Oh, the feeling of eubumia is such a gratifying experience! It is the time where we all experience unpaid bills, an upset stomach and an unhappy girlfriend. Wee!
Etymology: euphoria (a feeling of extreme happiness) + bum (a jobless person)
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COMMENTS:
Very creative! It never occurred to me to use the "eu" funnetically. - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-04: 06:09:00
yep. "eu" was one of my few fundamental characturds when i was still a child. - ohwtepph, 2007-05-04: 07:29:00
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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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Resignandshine
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ree zyne and shyne
Sentence: Jake was so excited, he experienced resignandshine. After many years of toiling at a job he hated, for ungrateul bosses and a company who did not value him, he quit. He had taken that fateful stroll through the Disenchanted Forest, from where no employee returns. He never felt better. The relief, sense of liberation and possibilities bedazzled him. It was great to call the boss from Tahiti and tell him to stuff his crummy job. Yes, winning that big lottery turned his vocation into a vacation, permanently!
Etymology: Resign (quit voluntarily from a position or job) & Shine (experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion)...Play on Rise and Shine
Libainam
Created by: omniscientamnesiac
Pronunciation: lahy-beyn-m
Sentence: He was filled with libainam, after telling his boss to shove it.
Etymology: Lib from the term liberate; ainam from the literal reverse of the word mania.
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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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