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: 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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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

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

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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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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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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: kwit-spur-ay-shun

Sentence: As he marched out of the office he as overcome with quitspiration

Etymology: quit, inspiration

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: mc/stuh/see

Sentence: After quitting his McJob, Joe pranced out the front door of McDonald's in a state of mcstasy and danced all the way home, proud that he stood up to and finally made a statement about the exploitive fast food industry of America.

Etymology: McSTASY - noun - from McJOB (a job at McDonald's, or similar type minimum wage job at Wal Mart, KFC, Arby's) + ECSTASY (euphoria, rapturous delight)

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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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COMMENTS:

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: jedijawa

Pronunciation: res-ig-lay-shun

Sentence: John felt resiglation at finally quiting his job so that he could persue that career as a deadbeat like he'd always wanted.

Etymology: resignation + elation

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COMMENTS:

I like it! Resiglation was my first verbotomy, but I was feeling grindstoned this AM and woke up late. - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-04: 06:02:00

By the way, I really enjoyed your splinterview. Being that you are an attorney, I was wondering if you could advise me if there is any legal recourse I can take against players who pick on my tunacy (I get songs stuck in my head). (mymottosalwaysbeenwhenitsrightitsright...) - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-04: 14:10:00

nice try purple but I'm sure jedijawa will not take sides (especially after he sees my "May the 4th be with you" joke - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-04: 15:46:00

Good one Jabber! "Fluke, I am your flounder." Thank goodness I don't get lyricless tunes stuck in my head. - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-04: 16:20:00

Haha! You know, I tell people you can always sue anyone for anything ... but good luck getting a judgment (I prefer negotiation over litigation). Thanks for reading my spliterview. :-) - jedijawa, 2007-05-07: 11:28:00

Good one! - HubbMU, 2007-05-08: 10:11:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: rehd unnn dan sing

Sentence: News of his sacking led to a bout of redundancing. The court summons was not as ecstatically recieved

Etymology: redundancy, dancing

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COMMENTS:

redundancing with the stars... - Nosila, 2009-11-21: 01:23:00

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