Verboticisms

Created by: morehousesl

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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

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: ur-gazm

Sentence: Bob had an ergasm when he finally ended his stellar career as head fish de-header at Sal's Scrumptious Squid and More.

Etymology: erg, orgasm

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no doubt you're getting that Doctorow Book this week. - ohwtepph, 2007-05-04: 07:35:00

I think the book is for next week and it's a mug this week. If I win, it would be the first thing I've won since that Beatle's album in 7'th grade (which my brother subsequently lost). - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-04: 07:59:00

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Created by: inkvision

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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)

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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: groklord

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this word comes from the latin root "defung", meaning 'to quit'. - groklord, 2007-05-04: 19:48:00

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: KWIT-thril

Sentence: During years of boredom at work, Bob used several sanity-saving strategies, but he knew that the time to go was a right-brainer when he started creating verboticisms to describe his plight. He considered ennuixitasy, joie-de-chuckit, and fleeglee, and even though he thought it might be an "excellent mistake," he settled for quithrill, quithrill, quithrill, simply for the joy he found in saying over and over.

Etymology: QUIT: to give up or resign one's job or position; THRILL: to affect one with a wave of emotion or excitement.

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it does have a nice ring to it - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-14: 11:06:00

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

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

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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)

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Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: lib-err-vahn-uh

Sentence: After working for fifteen years in a totalitarian matriarchy, James was finally able, with the help of the NJEA, to cast off the yoke of academic opression and finally appreciate the sublime state of LIBERVANA which made every day blissful, and now every minute feels like.....SATURDAY.

Etymology: LIBERation+niRVANA LIBERATION-to be freed from opression NIRVANA-perfect state of mind

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COMMENTS:

Here's one for ya: http://flicklives.com/ Thanks, everybody. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-14: 05:18:00

every minute feels like Saturday - wow!! - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-14: 13:03:00

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