Verboticisms

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌleɪbəˈɹeɪʃən/

Sentence: I was going to quit my mailroom job in about three months time, when they layed me off and gave me three months severance pay, allowing me to feel pure laboration, untainted by the crushing blow of finanslavement that usually follows.

Etymology: From labor + liberation

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COMMENTS:

True story. One of the happiest days of my life. - ErWenn, 2007-05-04: 03:38:00

I really like this one - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-04: 11:03:00

Thanks. - ErWenn, 2007-05-04: 17:08:00

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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: 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: Nosila

Pronunciation: ree zyne and shyne

Sentence: Jake was so excited, he experienced resignandshine. After many years of toiling at a job he hated, for ungrateul bosses and a company who did not value him, he quit. He had taken that fateful stroll through the Disenchanted Forest, from where no employee returns. He never felt better. The relief, sense of liberation and possibilities bedazzled him. It was great to call the boss from Tahiti and tell him to stuff his crummy job. Yes, winning that big lottery turned his vocation into a vacation, permanently!

Etymology: Resign (quit voluntarily from a position or job) & Shine (experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion)...Play on Rise and Shine

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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

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: whee fohrr tee feye vvvvvvvv

Sentence: His weefortyfive felt like a holiday, whioch was just as well, as it was the closest he would get to one for quite a while

Etymology: p45 wheee!

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COMMENTS:

Funny!!! - TJayzz, 2008-07-14: 07:40:00

welcome back galway - bookowl, 2008-07-14: 11:03:00

great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-14: 12:03:00

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: jaw/bi/lay/shun

Sentence: Jim experienced jobilation the day he joined the unemployed

Etymology: jubilation + job

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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: Rochelle

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I told them they could keep their lousy job. The youforya was exhilarating.

Etymology: "If I'm not for myself, who will be?" Hillel, a Jewish sage.

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Created by: inkvision

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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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