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 May 28, 2018

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 14, 2006

Unemployment line

The maximum point on your body that you can get a tattoo and still cover it up with clothing for a job interview

"I'm thinking of getting a tattoo on the back of my hand"
"Bad idea, bro. Better to get it below the unemployment line"

by Dave-Landon July 17, 2016

unemployment weight

The act of putting on weight because you are unemployed and lazy.

Wow, Cadle really added a lot of unemployment weight during his unemployment.

by Shotguys September 13, 2010

Unemployment Rate

The difference between hiring graduate and students compared to hires experienced professionals and then mixing them together and kicking some out and hiring at random.

No one could believe there where so many unemployed experieced people with degrees, it must be the unemployment rate. But it could also be the morons prioritizing people without work degree hires for ones without who have more experience.

by Patrick the Starfish001 September 28, 2022

Unemployment Gingivitis

When you become unemployed and start giving head for a living, resulting in gingivitis.

"Dang, My friend Austin really has a bad case of unemployment gingivitis"

by Jacobo47 July 21, 2024

Unemployment Rationalization

The argument that joblessness is primarily a result of individual skill gaps ("learn to code"), a lack of motivation, or an overly generous safety net, rather than a structural feature of capitalist economies (e.g., cyclical crises, automation for profit, offshoring). The unemployed are framed as a residual, problematic class.

Example: During an economic downturn, pundits blame unemployment on workers being "too picky" or on unemployment benefits "disincentivizing work." This unemployment rationalization ignores the collapse of aggregate demand and corporate layoffs, placing the burden of systemic failure on the individual's supposed moral or technical deficiencies.

by Abzugal February 8, 2026