EUphoria

EUphoria: noun. EUphoria, read "ee-yoo-fough-ree-a," is the ecstatic joy (a step up from upbeat joy and a step down from rapturous joy) of being admitted, or at any rate considering being admitted, into the European Union. One can also feel EUphoria just from taking part in the European Union, although that feeling is quite rare. The recent occurrences in Ukraine, for example, are a perfect illustration of EUphoria, since the opposition is so infatuated and frenzied with the idea of being admitted into the European Union, that its supporters decided to break through the police barricade with a bulldozer and ride into parliament on it. Another example of EUphoria is when the Greek minister of finances found out that the EU was going to bail it out of debt with a loan of 34.4 billion euros. Who wouldn't be EUphoric at that...