Meaning of funemployed | Babel Free

Definitions

In a state of enjoyable unemployment.

neologism, not-comparable

Examples

“Maybe you’re funemployed and you can go anytime?”

“Buoyed by severance, savings, unemployment checks or their parents, the funemployed do not spend their days poring over job listings.”

“And the so-called millennial generation's "weirdly upbeat" word "speaks volumes" about how this well-fed, well-organized age group is dealing with the worst downturn since the 1930s—the "young and funemployed" are taking the time to relax and "find themselves," but many also volunteer or self-educate.”

“A world without rigid temporal boundaries gave some a rare chance to relax and regroup after many years of busyness. Some took advantage of this freedom by becoming, as one respondent cleverly put it, “funemployed.””

“Instead of being employed and lamenting over the loss of employment, money, and opportunity, we're now expected to be “funemployed”!”

CEFR level