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Johnny Paycheck 

The act of dramatically quitting your worthless job and telling your boss how you really feel about things.

Immortalized in the 1981 song “Take this Job and Shove It” Written and by redneck artist David Allen Coe and performed by country western idol Johnny Paycheck.

In the construction industry a full Johnny Paycheck is punctuated by forcefully throwing your hardhat or a half full beer bottle at the boss.

Variation: "You can't fire me - I quit!!!

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Ironworker #1: "Did you see Jim Earl this afternoon?"
Ironworker #2: "Yeah man he had a liquid lunch and did a Johnny Paycheck down at the main office"
Welder #1 "He threw a beer at that cocksucker from quality assurance and sent him to the hospital"
Ironworker #1"I'll have to buy the man beer!"
Johnny Paycheck by Major Kong February 26, 2007

johnny paycheck 

An Individual who works and gets paid on Thursday but decides to take off either Friday or Monday for a longer weekend and Jew Jack's those stuck at work.

johnny paycheck'd 

Quitting your job with emphasis by telling people how you really feel and where you'd like them to go.

As in Johnny Paycheck's song "Take This Job and Shove It".
Just as HR dropped the bomb on me I "Johnny Paycheck'd" all of my co-workers that I disliked.
johnny paycheck'd by Unemployed again February 12, 2010
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