Did you perhaps mean one of these? permanence, permeance
Definitions
Etymologies
- Blend of permanent and freelancer (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The Perhaps Not: A question for a servicey type: if, hypothetically, I was a "permalancer" - someone who had been employed by a ...”
“Working in TV as a 'permalancer' for three years meant days off came out of my paycheck.”
Piper Weiss: How I Found Out I Lost My Job At Cocktail Weekly
“Amy is from Oakland via Texas and a "permalancer" for Old Navy.”
“Census workers like Sparkman -- a quintessential permalancer -- report having to scrape together extra bucks working multiple jobs to supplement meager to nonexistent retirement income.”
Richard M. Benjamin: Sparkman: Casualty of Methland, USA? Or Victim of Anti-Government Bile?
“The staff-permalancer split may explain conflicting reports over what happened at Wired. com.”
“Profession: Fashion designer; permalancer at Men's Active Old Navy”
Una LaMarche: Handicapping the Project Runway Season 7 Contestants
“He fires all of his magazine designers how come they don’t report it when creatives get the axe? and is now down to one Art Director and one permalancer…”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘permalancer’.
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this modern world
Markers of the zeitgeist, don't expect all of these to go the distance. The great majority are taken from Paul McFedries's excellent book "Wordspy"
retail therapy, compulsive shoppi..., clicks-and-mortar, dot.commer, middlescence, boomeritis, dorian graying, sandwich generation, boomeranger, full-nest syndrome, wellderly, brand equity and 226 more...
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In the News
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2008 Wordlist
Hopefully, I'll be using this site for more than one year. It will be fun then to look back and see what new words I found worthy of notice in any given year.
All words spotted in 2008...longanimity, permalancer, breeder, biodegradable, handicapable, gender-neutral, translator, interpreter, translation, interpreting, kleptocracy, fanfiction and 1598 more...
Tweets
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mialuthien permalancer – a freelance worker who has worked in one company for so long that he or she is virtually a permanent member of staff Jul 14, 2008