These "recession slang" words in this article in the Christian Science Monitor are pretty funny, but I am particularly fond of this one [emphasis mine]:
Funemployment, n. The practice of enjoying one's unemployment.The funemployed subscribe to the philosophy that in the face of bleak employment prospects, it's better to make the most of time off by catching up with old (read: also unemployed) friends or developing low-cost hobbies, ideally during normal business hours to realize the additional benefit of irking one's employed friends.
I also had the following exchange via IM after I'd set my away message to "Out for a run" at about 1:30 in the afternoon:
Friend: i know you're unemployed and it sucks, but i'm really jealous that you can just pick up and go for a run.
Me: ha. being unemployed doesn't actually suck at all
Friend: i was sorta figuring that. i loathe you
