perdition

[prettygoodword]

perdition (per-DISH-uhn) - n., eternal damnation, loss of the soul; the Christian Hell; utter destruction or loss, downfall.


That last might look like a somewhat softened metaphoric extension, but is actually closest to the root meaning: taken in the 1300s from Latin perditiō, destruction (via stem form perditiōn-), from perditus, lost, past participle of perdere, to destroy/lose.

(That this was already slated to run the morning I get laid off by email is pure coincidence, really.)

---L.

Comments

[soemand]

That this was already slated to run the morning I get laid off by email is pure coincidence, really.

I hope you’re ok.

Sudden layoffs can feel like being cast into a professional perdition, an abyss of uncertainty where years of hard work seemed to vanish into utter ruin overnight.

Sorry, I did have to find a way to use it in context. But still, hope you’re ok.

[prettygoodword]

Okay for now -- primary mood is "oh not again"

[full_metal_ox]

I get the impression that the old military acronym BOHICA applies?

(“Bend Over, Here It Comes Again”; one of the few such military folkronyms that contains no overt profanity, since the surface meaning is presumably a signal to duck and cover from incoming fire or disaster. But boy, is there a rich, universally applicable, (and salacious) metaphorical connotation.)

(And may some kindly shepherd come along to offer you new prospects.)

[prettygoodword]

Pretty much.

(Thanks)

[pauraque]

Argh, I'm sorry.

[larryhammer]

Thanks.

[elinox]

Being laid off sucks, I'm sorry. :(

[prettygoodword]

Thanks.

[dhampyresa]

*hugs*

[prettygoodword]

Thanks.