Calvisignation

Calvisignation: noun. The resignation upon doing well in any aspect of one´s life on the basis of the Calvinist belief that all has been set out already. This sociological phenomenon, though common among the afore mentioned religious group, was also quite frequent among ancient Greeks who, upon finding out something terrible at the local oracle hotline, committed mass suicide in order to prevent unpleasant surprises. The irony in that was, of course, that by killing themselves they had actually fulfilled the oracles´ rather vague prophecies consisting of wails and howls and resulting in the conclusion that time would be better spent in the local tavern.