Playbor
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Playbor is a noun meaning A hybrid form of play and labour, specifically in the games industry.
Meaning
A hybrid form of play and labour, specifically in the games industry.
Example Sentences
The fun, pleasurable aspect of playbor troubles scholars because it seems to suggest that playborers are not exploited; exploitation is supposed to be immiserating, not fun. Furthermore, the characterization of playbor as exploitative might easily be read as something of an insult to the exploitation of real (material) labor, which is in fact immiserating.
Word Forms
- playbour
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gameplaying, playwork, playathon, playette, game, playgame.
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