Verboticisms

Created by: Ellemorpheus

Pronunciation: A-band-you-for-ee-uh

Sentence: His abandeuphoria caused him to bounce about the room after quitting his job.

Etymology: abandon euphoria

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Created by: ratbastid

Pronunciation: thri-LIB-ur-AY-shun

Sentence: My joy at having given my two week notice is matched only by my thriliberation at having two weeks of paid vacation left to use.

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Created by: maskandmirror

Pronunciation: Gill-Ee-Munt

Sentence: The feeling of guilliment as I walked through the door for the very last time was such that I could not help buying myself a pizza on the way home to celebrate.

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: Mc/Mosh

Sentence: After quitting his McJob, he pranced out the front door of McDonald's and did a McMosh all the way home.

Etymology: McJob + moshing

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COMMENTS:

Hehe! Love McJob! Now he's a Big Slack, a bumburger. Oh dear, now I'm hungry. - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-04: 08:45:00

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Created by: hooterbug

Pronunciation: [hal-ee-dōl-ya]

Sentence: In an extreme state of Halledolejah, Tony took the number 5 bus downtown to file unemployment after posting his boss's email address on www.ilikebondage.com

Etymology: Combination of Hallelujah (Used to express praise or joy.) + Dole (The distribution by the government of relief payments to the unemployed; welfare.)

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-14: 12:51:00

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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)

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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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Created by: HubbMU

Pronunciation: well-fare-i-la-shun

Sentence: Caught up in the way he quit his job, Tim didn't realize he feelings of welfarilation would soon come to an end.

Etymology: "Welfare" -as in what you'll be on if you don't have a job, and "Jubilation"

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COMMENTS:

Good one! - jedijawa, 2007-05-07: 11:29:00

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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: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: dee/liver/dance

Sentence: His feeling of deliverdance at quitting his job was so overpowering that he felt like Michael Flatley.

Etymology: deliverance (liberation, salvation) + riverdance (of Irish step dancing fame)

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COMMENTS:

nice! - galwaywegian, 2008-07-14: 07:22:00

Great images come to mind... - metrohumanx, 2008-07-14: 18:58:00

Ha! Funny visual! Did he wear the headband? :) - lumina, 2008-07-14: 19:35:00

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