stabbatical 

A break taken from regular activities for the purposes of revenge, plotting, violent brooding.

"Where's Carl?"
"After that beezy dumped him, he took a stabbatical."

stabbatical by Kazmarov October 15, 2008

Stabbatical 

A type of work leave granted to employees who have shown an increase in frustration, sufficient to cause “stabiness”: this leave is not part of standard PTO

“Brenda was recently put on Stabbatical, as her tolerance for stupidity had been used up and replaced with raw hate.”

Stabbatical by SeandePlume September 22, 2025

Stabbatical 

A type of work leave granted to employees who have shown an increase in frustration, sufficient to cause “stabiness”: this leave is not part of standard PTO

“Brenda was recently put on Stabbatical, as her tolerance for stupidity had been used up and replaced with raw hate.”

Stabbatical by SeandePlume September 22, 2025

Skibbatical 

skib-bat-i-cal, (noun) \ski-'ba-ti-kel\ (sometimes misspelled: skibatical)

An extended break or hiatus from work, school or whoever bothers you, to go rip some turns by means of skis or a snowboard. Derivative of Sabbatical, but without getting paid.

1. Bro! I’m on skibbatical! (another way of saying “I’m unemployed!”)
2. Boss, I'd rather be on skibbatical than do more **** for you! (another way of saying you're soon to be unemployed.)

Skibbatical by C Stanford August 30, 2013

Soul Sabbatical 

A period of rest taken by the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans.

Guy #1: "Man, have you seen bill in a while?"

Guy #2: "Yeah, I went to his house and he was in the middle of a soul sabbatical."

Soul Sabbatical by wussy February 26, 2010

sabbatical 

Leave time with pay granted to a teacher or professor after serving for six or seven years on the same faculty. Its purpose is to give an extended period of time for concentrated study.

A sabbatical year is a prolonged hiatus, typically one year, in the career of an otherwise successful individual taken in order to fulfill some dream, e.g. writing a book or travelling extensively. Some universities and other institutional employers of scientists, physicians, and/or academics offer a paid sabbatical as an employee benefit

I need a sabbatical to think over some things and get away from the daily routine.

sabbatical by Adanedhel July 3, 2005

shabbatical 

To take a break from the practice of Shabbat. ( Shabbat: ritual observance in Judaism )

Yael: I've been taking a break from Shabbat for a couple months.
Tiffany: Oh, you're taking a Shabbatical.
Yael: I am indeed.

shabbatical by StellaRanks February 17, 2015