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vocational paradigm shift

Job loss / being fired.

(as made famous by How I Met Your Mother, on CBS)
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Ted: "Well, after he proposed a vocational paradigm shift, I made an impromptu presentation using a four-pronged approach that really brought him to his knees."

Barney: "You hit him with a chair?"

Ted: "Yep."

vocation navigator 

A program for students to help them find true contentment in the workplace.
Have you read The Vocation Navigator Workbook?

Vocational Cattle 

Your co-workers that do absolutely NOTHING, and have no qualm about YOU doing their job.

Often filler for over inflated companies with too many employees.
Any given company suffers the 80/20 Rule. 20% of the people do 80% of the work. The rest are Vocational Cattle.

Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School

When the Name is a mouthful and you have to get up at 4 o'clock in the morning because you live an hour away from the school and you have school during blizzards because they have their own plowing system but all the other school around are closed. When the students are high then the grades and the teachers are even higher. teachers that take smoking breaks during class. when there are 4 fire drills in a week.
Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School

what students talk about at Tri-County.
"student- wheres he going
student2- hes going to smoke a cig."

Chemical Vocation 

Chemical Vocation is an awsome hardcore/emo/screamo band from Uddevalla, Sweden.
So far they have released one EP, and a CD is on the way.
Chemical Vocation is truly amazing, and they're going to play on Pier Pressure, Gothenburg 1st of Juli.
Chemical Vocation is awsome, you should listen to them too.
Or even better, visit Pier Pressure, with some pretty good bands.

Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School

A school where every kid is either extremely right-wing or they're in the medical shop, if you don't share the same general opinions as other kids in your shop then congrats you're getting bullied. If you find a teacher who isn't sick of the students then they're probably sick of the shitty faculty members who can't communicate with anyone on anything unless it's in the form of either a poorly made pdf file or getting everyone in one room to talk for way too long.
Person 1: The name "Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School" is honestly way too long

Person 2: bro just call it "Tri"
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fache-couture 

French slang, which translated, means "bull's fashion" but basically equates to "hyper trendy" or overly trendy. Used when a person wishes to express distaste at the latest fashion trend/fad, because it seems that everyone has a certain item of clothing or is wearing it. This term is most frequently heard in Paris but is slowly spreading to other parts of France.
1. That Burberry scarf is so fache-couture.
2. That purple American Apparel hoodie is so fache-couture.
fache-couture by bkgmh46x0x March 18, 2008
Word of the Day on October 17, 2026
A slang term for GLP-1 medications(like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, etc.), usually referring to their appetite-killing, weight-loss, or “I forgot to eat” effects rather than the medical details.

Usage:
* Often casual, ironic, or meme-y
* Can imply effortless weight loss, suppressed hunger, or being “powered by pharmaceuticals”

Notes:
Not a brand name—just shorthand for the whole GLP-1 wave. Frequently shows up in online jokes, gym talk, and group chats where people pretend they’re *totally* doing it naturally.
“I’m not dieting, I’m just on that glippy.”
“Ever since the glippy hit, food feels optional.”
“That summer body? Yeah, glippy assisted.”
Glippy by Wild Stoner Appears December 14, 2025
Word of the Day on October 16, 2026

fauxstalgia 

Faux nostalgia. Faking old things in an attempt to recapture the feeling of times gone past, especially of technology that has passed.
Hipstamatic pictures, just like the vinyl-static added to digital recordings, is prime fauxstalgia
fauxstalgia by scotte61 December 16, 2010
Word of the Day on October 15, 2026

pajama casual 

Pajama casual is a term used when working from home and preparing for a video conference. All business above the waist and your pajama pants down below.
We have a Zoom meeting in a few minutes and I’ll probably go pajama casual.
pajama casual by jrod-knows March 31, 2020
Word of the Day on October 14, 2026

funflation 

The recent boom in consumer spending on entertainment and experiences with a high demand running up the cost of enjoying of those experiences.
I’m trying to go to this Taylor Swift concert but the funflation has made it so impossible for me to afford tickets.
funflation by Dfree523 November 17, 2023
Word of the Day on October 13, 2026
A US deep south term for an alligator. Usually used in the Cajun dialect.
Take the big pirogue, I saw a huge swamp dog out there earlier.
swamp dog by Crystal Ambrose May 22, 2006
Word of the Day on October 12, 2026
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