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Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. neologism A state of enjoyable unemployment.
Etymologies
- Blend of fun and unemployed (Wiktionary)
Examples
“[Hat Tip: Boing Boing] Ethan Persoff, the proprietor of Comics With Problems (which, if you are among the nation's "funemployed" you should spend the rest of the day reading) has unearthed a rare gem: a comic book about the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy.”
The Huffington Post: 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Policy Explained By Comic Book
“I'm "funemployed," but so far the only thing that has taken a significant beating is my ego.”
“I feel for the newly "funemployed," as well as their parents who wrote big checks to educate their kids.”
“Also making the short list was "funemployed," people using their unemployed status to have fun or pursue other interests.”
“Nice to know there are people who can afford to go to the beach while 'funemployed', but I am barely eeking by while my husband is calling McDonald's every day to see if they are hiring.”
“US tourism chiefs are targeting credit-crunched jobless people with time on their hands, the so-called "funemployed", while in Asia golfing holidays are booming, notably in China, a study said.”
“In the United States, which triggered last year's global financial near-meltdown, the travel trade is pinning its hopes on the "funemployed" to keep the industry afloat.”
“[Hat Tip: Boing Boing] Ethan Persoff, the proprietor of Comics With Problems (which, if you are among the nation's "funemployed" you should spend the rest ...”
The Huffington Post: 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Policy Explained By Comic Book
“North of the border, a funemployed summer - USATODAY. com”
“One would be hard-pressed to find someone more funemployed than I," Gibbons wrote to The Globe and Mail.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘funemployed’.
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awesome words
Words that mean cool things
helmer, gris, vamp, skuld, sapsuckers, couple, mushroom-headed, neologist, grayish-pink, slipstream, toad, bada-bing and 45 more...
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portmanteaus
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simply silly and oft ludicrous
words that amuse, are not (yet?) real or simply tickle you in a strange way
nincompoop, funemployed, phantasmagoria, flabbergast, hippopotomonstros..., nurdle, nitwit, staccato brain fa..., synapse epilepsy, inconceivable, inconceivable, paraprosdokian and 1 more...
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Words I would use improperly
Words you could as a different meaning, but an intellectual could not follow the conversation
fireboard, grayish-pink, comely, slipstream, bulb, zombie bank, sexting, funemployed, boondoggle, dill overkill, devil-dodger, yangban and 5 more...
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New Oxford American - 2009 Word of th...
Won by Unfriend
unfriend, hashtag, intexticated, netbook, paywall, sexting, freemium, funemployed, zombie bank, Ardi, birther, choice mom and 7 more...
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xntrek see also funemployment
Someone who is in a period of joblessness that they actually enjoy. Jun 4, 2009