Meaning of weisure | Babel Free

Definitions

The merging of work and leisure activities.

neologism, uncountable

Examples

“I call⟳ how we spend⟳ our time (I would say⟳ "free" time, but that would obscure the point⟳ that this once hallowed bounary has broken down) instrumental leisure or weisure (i.e., work⟳ and leisure combined), since the info-economy puts a premium on quk, shrt trms tht cn b txtd fst & rmmbrd easily.”

“Workers choose⟳ the weisure lifestyle when they monitor⟳ the BlackBerry while on vacation or post⟳ pictures to Facebook between business meetings. The blending of leisure and work⟳ is a creative and ubiquitous lifestyle choice[…]”

“Sociologists have⟳ been throwing around the concept of weisure a lot in the past few years. Weisure, the blurring of work⟳ and leisure, was directed at the encroachment of work⟳ into rest⟳.”

“New communication technologies have⟳ enabled us to complete⟳ private issues during working time and vice versa, leading to phenomena coined as weisure.”

CEFR level