Unemployment Office

A state agency where the unemployed go to get unemployment benefits, under the pretense that they are looking for work.

To go along with the pretense of the unemployed, bureaucrats usually try to get peeps to call the Unemployment Office the opposite of what it is, with euphemisms such as Employment Development Department, in California.

by Downstrike November 3, 2006

The Unemployment Zone

Any area of your body that is typically not covered by clothing, on which you have tattoos. Applied most commonly to the forearms and hands.

Player 1: Hey bro, how did your job interview go?
Player 2: Boss told me I got the job, but I'll have to cover up my unemployment zone.

Player 1: Dude, I am so pumped! Tomorrow I get sleeved!
Player 2: Does your boss at that law firm know you're about to enter the unemployment zone?

by The Anarchist in the Library April 15, 2009

Unemployment Bath

Using the pool as a means of personal hygiene since traditional bathing methods are no longer required and the entire day can be spent poolside

Bro: Dude, you smell like chlorine.
Loser: Yeah, ever since I lost my job I've just be taking unemployment baths.

by joblessandfree May 7, 2009

Unemployment Cooties

fear of interacting with an unemployed person for fear that whatever caused him or her to be unemployed will transfer to you. Originally used by John Stewart on the Daily Show.

After I lost my job, all of my "friends" suddenly became too busy to spend time with me. I guess I have unemployment cooties.

by wouldaben January 4, 2011

unemployment tree

In southern ghettos, its the large neighborhood oak tree that unemployed blacks gather under to hang out all day.

Tyrone: you gonna play cards under the unemployment tree today?

Jerome: you know dat... i aint got no work to go to. Muh dick.

by Kikeslammer1488 April 20, 2018

chronic unemployment

Being unemployed for at least six months, not due to medical reasons. Considered a major problem as most employers will not hire someone who has been unemployed for six months.

Eighteen months of chronic unemployment has wrecked my finances.

by Maschinenmensch November 25, 2015

Unemployment Back

A condition in which one's back hurts from sitting at a computer for 12 hours a day job hunting online.

"All of this job hunting has given me unemployment back."

by Mandy D. M December 12, 2006