Meaning

(neologism) The merging of work and leisure activities..

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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.

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When Should You Use Weisure?

Use weisure when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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