Verboticisms

Created by: thefreewheeler

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Sentence: When I told the boss I quit, I tell you, man, I felt a wave of truffking.

Etymology: truff from 'truffle,' a treat. king, 'royalty', feeling empowered like a King or Queen, answerable to no one.

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Created by: trunktickle

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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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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: omniscientamnesiac

Pronunciation: lahy-beyn-m

Sentence: He was filled with libainam, after telling his boss to shove it.

Etymology: Lib from the term liberate; ainam from the literal reverse of the word mania.

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Created by: Rogan

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Sentence: He quit! A wave of resignophoria washed over him. FInally, he was able to continue with his childhood ambition of a career in cannibalism.

Etymology: resignation + euphoria

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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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Created by: daisy

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Sentence: Alan's unemployjoy prevented him from realizing he would be eating macaroni and cheese for breakfast, lunch and dinner from now on.

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: dee/liver/dans

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

Etymology: deliverance + riverdance

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COMMENTS:

reely impressive - galwaywegian, 2007-05-04: 06:58:00

Oh yes.. that's really good. - pinwheel, 2007-05-04: 07:44:00

thank you - reely (just got that one - funny) - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-04: 11:13:00

by jiggo it is a goody. - petaj, 2007-05-04: 20:22:00

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Created by: pinwheel

Pronunciation: ex/tick/it

Sentence: Jim was so ecstickit when he quit his job that he bought himself a new bed so as to be able to enjoy not having to get out of it to the max.

Etymology: ecstatic (to be in rapture) + stick it (as in take your job and stick it...)

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very clever! - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-04: 11:01:00

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Created by: Rhyme79

Pronunciation: fruh-leef

Sentence: "I'm so completely overwhelmed by a sense of freelief, I think I might quit my next job too, and spend what's left of my existence as a bum in freeliefdom!""

Etymology: An amalgamation of the words 'free' 'and relief'.

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