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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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Deliverdance
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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Exitaration
Created by: iwasatripwire
Pronunciation: ex-IT-uh-RAY-shun (like exhilaration but with a T)
Sentence: As I hung up my stupid Starbucks apron for the very last time, I was overwhelmed by a feeling that could only be described as exitaration.
Etymology: exhilaration + exit
Noborliss
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
Jobilation
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: jaw/bi/lay/shun
Sentence: Jim experienced jobilation the day he joined the unemployed
Etymology: jubilation + job
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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Mcstasy
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)
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
Halledolejah
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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Quitphoria
Created by: faridology
Pronunciation: kuitforia
Sentence: John was in a state of quitphoria for a week after tendering his resignation from his job that he hated.
Etymology:
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