funemployment

English

Etymology

Blend of fun +‎ unemployment.

Noun

funemployment (uncountable)

1. A period of unemployment spent pursuing recreational activities or hobbies.
   • 2011, Don Peck, Pinched: How the Great Recession Has Narrowed Our Futures & What We Can Do About It, Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 72:

     Aubrey Howell, who'd tweeted about funemployment shortly after being laid off as the manager of a Nashville tea shop in 2009, and was featured in a Los Angeles Times story soon afterward, told me half a year later that she initially saw the layoff as an opportunity to clear her head, refocus, and "go after what I'm really passionate about" — music and graphic design.