Verboticisms

Created by: mana1066

Pronunciation: ess-cape-ta-see

Sentence: the escaptasy only lasted from the exit to the bus stop, where he realized he not only had no car, but now no job

Etymology: escape + fantasy

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COMMENTS:

Sheer escapsy! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-04: 10:32:00

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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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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.

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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)

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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: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: free-lay-tion

Sentence: The sense of freelation that Ross experienced as he left the building was exhilarating. Someone once told him that a person can say anything they want on their last day of work, and he did. Carrying the remnants of the last 5 years in his little box, he had no doubt that with his special skills and exceptional talent he could find work in no time at all. There was another McDonald's just down the street. Surely they needed an experienced burger flipper. And if they weren't hiring, there was a Wendy's, a Burger King, a Sonic, and a Dairy Queen within walking distance.

Etymology: free: not imprisoned, having liberty, to not be under the control of the will or obligation to another + elation: an exhilarating phychological state of pride and optimism, and absence of depression

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COMMENTS:

nice - galwaywegian, 2009-11-20: 08:39:00

When I was in charge of hiring I used to see any number of resumes from what i called job frogs who hopped from menial job to menial job, quitting at the drop of a hat when things didn\'t go their way. :-) - artr, 2009-11-20: 13:52:00

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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)

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: eee lay shuv

Sentence: his elashove was intense but short lived, as he realised his car was clamped in the employees car park, and he was going to have to return and ask his ex-boss for the release fee

Etymology: elation as in joy. shove as in take this opportunitythat would suit an ambitious self-starter and shove it!

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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: 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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