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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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Resignelation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: rez sig nel ay shun
Sentence: When he got home from work, Freddie was uncharacteristically joyous. His wife was puzzled, as he normally was depressed and sad. He said he was feeling resignelation as he had quit his deadly dull job once and for all. She worried about the bills, but Freddie was too excited to care. He didn't have to be a rodeo clown anymore!
Etymology: Resignation (the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession, or job etc.) a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign from your job;& Elation (a feeling of joy;an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression)
Retireuphoria
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: re-tyr-yew-FOR-ya
Sentence: When Jason finally acted on his desire to leave his mind dulling and stress inducing job he immediately experienced a huge wave of retireuphoria and began planning what to do with all his new found idle time.
Etymology: Blend of 'retire' (intr v. to withdraw from one's position or occupation) and 'euphoria' (a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being)
Abergophoria
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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Yippeefortyfive
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
Quittygiddy
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)
Liweedom
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Lee Wee Dom
Sentence: The muk wuk jumped with joy for she had finally realized that the Liweedom was inevitable.
Etymology: Linds Weiman is quitting fucking Shitrix, and they can GoTo MyPoo!
Discontinilation
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
Quivana
Created by: justj
Pronunciation: qui-vahn-a
Sentence: After quitting his job, Joe's sudden feeling of quivana was epic. He literally could not feel any more liberated from his duties than ever.
Etymology: qui- quit (to stop doing something) vana- nirvana (a blissful state attained through recognition of no-self;enlightenment)
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
Quite jolly! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-14: 18:56:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by ohmytodd.
Thank you ohmytodd! ~ James
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...
Discombobulated! One of my all-time favorite words, nice to see it used.
lumina - 2008-07-14: 14:35:00
Today's definition was suggested by ohmytodd. Thank you ohmytodd. ~ James