discouraged workers

In economics, discouraged workers is a person of legal employment age who is not actively seeking employment or who does not find employment after long-term unemployment. This is usually because an individual has given up looking or has had no success in finding a job, hence the term "discouraged". A discouraged worker is defined as a person not in the labor force who wants and is available for a job and who has looked for work sometime in the past 12 months (or since the end of his or her last job if a job was held within the past 12 months), but who is not currently looking because of real or perceived poor employment prospects.

The top five reasons for discouraged workers are the following:

1)The worker thinks no work is available.
2) The worker could not find work.
3) The worker lacks schooling or training.
4) The worker is viewed as too young or too old by the prospective employer.
5) The worker is the target of various types of discrimination.

by yyuryyubicuryy4me January 12, 2019

Five finger discount

The act of simultaneously buying and stealing goods as to avoid suspicion and increase return on spent funds.

Went to Macys and bought sneakers but five finger discounted the socks and underwear.

by RepoManDR October 1, 2022

Disco steve

The philosophy behind the afro crocodile. inspired by stevie wonder. Disco steve is a mean motherfucker who aint taken no shit from nobody.
Abreviated to DXS on occasion.

'what would disco steve do' (From dusk till dawn)

by bridgewood May 16, 2006

Disco Elysium

An incredibly underrated gem of a game with an incredible story and witty dialogue, in the game you are a detective put in place to solve a murder of a hanged man but that's not all: you can start a disco club in an abandoned church, punch Cuno in the face and listen to the internal voices in your head telling you to do something.

Dick Mullen and the mistaken identity: As the two lovers share a post-coital cigarette, Deanna Deneuve turns to Mullen and says "By the way Dick, I've been meaning to tell you something"

Inland Empire Medium: Success- "I love you?"

Half-lightEasy: Success- "The name of the true killer?"

Hand/eye coordination Medium: Success- "Always aim for the centre of mass?"

Me: Disco elysium is fun

by Ozkul April 19, 2022

underwater disco

popular dance music characterized by hypnotic rhythm, repetitive lyrics, and electronically produced sounds performed soley below the surface of water.

The bowling alley was closed so we went to the underwater disco place

by mikey July 1, 2004

discount

A state of low quality. Used to describe an item, situation or place of low quality nature.

His car is falling apart, it's so discount.

by South Central September 10, 2008

disco muscles

If someone has disco muscles its means they are a guy who only trains his biceps, pecs, and abs. People with disco muscles normally wear a t-shirt one size too small, and have a hunched over appearance because they don't workout their back.

girl one: look at that guy, he's hot
girl two: naw, he only has disco muscles

by anonymous6737 January 31, 2009