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Having Fun While Unemployed

Posted by: Phil Mintz on June 04

The Los Angeles Times reports today on the growing use of the term “funemployment” to describe those who take advantage of being jobless to travel, volunteer, or just kick back and relax. Naturally, the Times notes, most of the “funemployed” are single 20- and 30-somethings.

Which brings us to this question: If you were going to coin a term to describe your job or jobless condition, what would it be?

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