n. A period of joblessness that a person uses for leisure and other fun activities.
2010
A growing group of jobless across the nation are joining a self-proclaimed movement: 'funemployment.’ It’s a group of jovial unemployed who say they’re finally doing what they’ve always wanted to do — whether it is blogging or starting a nonprofit.
2010
For the record, Dustin approaches his sundry temp jobs, which range from children's party clown to ice sculpture apprentice, with energy and enthusiasm…He's also quite content to take "funemployment" to heart. He enjoys having the leisure time to wage water balloon wars with the neighborhood kids and bask in the glow of the family's big-screen TV.
2004 (earliest)
funemployment—a happy time in one's life when one is not employed and is not wanting to be employed.
There is also a sketch-comedy group called Funemployment (earliest citation: 2003), as well as a much earlier use (from 1991) of funemployment appears as a heading in volume 300 of Punch.