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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."

vomication 

a formal version of "pooking". To pook or to vomicate is to vomit and defecate simultaneously. Generally, vomication occurs in the morning after a night of excessive drinking. The most common form of vomication is to vomit in a trashcan while defecating in the toilet. Vomication can also occur when a person has fallen exceptionally ill.
Pooking is more commonly used in informal settings such as the home, whereas vomication is used in settings such as a hospital.
"Doctor, Mrs. Helvisham has been vomicating."

"Well doctor, I have been experiencing cold chills, shortness of breath, and vomication."

"Man, I got wasted last night. I was pooking all morning."

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.
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Respectfully 

Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.

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You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.
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Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.
"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"
crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007
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Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026
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murderhobo 

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
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