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'I quit! I'm free!'

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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Jobilation

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

metrohumanx Quite jolly! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-14: 18:56:00

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Yippeefortyfive

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: yip eee fohr tee fiev

Sentence: his yippeefortyfive lasted the precise length it took his boss to remove the pilkington report from his fundament

Etymology: p 45 yippee

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Quitillation

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kwitlāshən

Sentence: Joe should be concerned. He should be worried how he is going to pay his rent or make his car payment. Instead all he feels after resigning from his soul-sapping job is quitillation.

Etymology: quit (resign from a job) + titillation (stimulate or excite, esp. in a sexual way)

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Disconjobelated

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: dis - con - JOB - ee - layt - uhd

Sentence: Having finally summoned the courage and determination to face his boss with his resignation, Victor was absolutely disconjobelated at the prospect of 'freedom' from the daily grind, and though he had some trepidation at the thought of facing his young wife Elena with the news, he hoped she would be as joy filled as he.

Etymology: Blend of discontinue, job, elated. Play on the word 'discombobulated'.

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Afterjunedelight

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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COMMENTS:

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

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

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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)

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Resignelation

Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Rez-ig-nell-ayshon

Sentence: Robert had worked for the same bank for twenty-one years, doing the same thing day in day out. He never really wanted the job in the first place but his parents pushed him into it when he was younger, wanting him to follow in his father's footsteps. Now that he had finally found the courage to hand in his notice, the feeling of resignelation was overwhelming. He had already book his ticket to Australia, as the next few years of his life were going to be spent travelling around the world with no plans and best of all, no-one to answer to.

Etymology: Resign (leave voluntarily, of a job,post or position.) + Elation (an exhilarating psychological state of joy and optimism.) + Resignation (a formal document giving notice of intent to resign.) = Resignelation

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COMMENTS:

nice combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-14: 11:06:00

Good one! - Mustang, 2008-07-14: 17:49:00

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Quitilation

whipspeak

Created by: whipspeak

Pronunciation: kwit-i-ley-shuhn

Sentence: Tom, cradling his small box of personal belongings, felt suddenly aroused by the quitilation of seeing his fantasy unfold as security escorted him into the elevator.

Etymology: quit: to cease, or discontinue + elation: exultant gladness + titillation: to excite or arouse agreeably

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Freelation

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: frEE-lay-tion

Sentence: David experienced freelation as he told his boss he is quiting the job, telling him it is too boring shoveling manure from the barn. His boss stated, "you are a dairy farmer".

Etymology: free/elation

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COMMENTS:

Oh to be jobliss! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-04: 09:23:00

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Grindelerium

Created by: verysimplegame

Pronunciation: grine-duh-ler-e-um

Sentence: Overcome with grindelerium, Gene yelled back at the assistant manager that bathing occasionally couldn't hurt.

Etymology: Grind - delerium

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-04: 02:10:00
Today's definition was suggested by ohmytodd.
Thank you ohmytodd! ~ James

petaj petaj - 2007-05-04: 03:24:00
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...

hooterbug hooterbug - 2008-07-14: 11:42:00
Discombobulated! One of my all-time favorite words, nice to see it used.

lumina - 2008-07-14: 14:35:00

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-11-20: 00:02:00
Today's definition was suggested by ohmytodd. Thank you ohmytodd. ~ James