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| Meelämmchen Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5084 days ago 214 posts - 249 votes  Speaks: German*, English Studies: Modern Hebrew | Message 1 of 7 17 August 2011 at 10:11am | IP Logged | ||
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There were other threads collecting certain phrases or words in many languages. So, there seems to be a tendency in administration and management speech to circumscribe "out of work", "jobless" or "unemployed". For example in English "to be in transition". In German "arbeitssuchend" (searching for a job instead of jobless/arbeitslos). I think it would be interesting to know if there is such a shift (e.g. from status/fate to open end process) in other countries/languages too. Edited by Meelämmchen on 17 August 2011 at 4:20pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4860 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 2 of 7 17 August 2011 at 2:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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In Polish there is a phrase "pozostający bez zatrudnienia" (literally: staying without employment), but it's not widely used.
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 newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6380 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 7 17 August 2011 at 2:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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The word that describes this is euphemism not circumscription.
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| Meelämmchen Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5084 days ago 214 posts - 249 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Modern Hebrew | Message 4 of 7 17 August 2011 at 4:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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I didn't want to call it that way, but probably it's better to preclude misunderstandings.
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| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 6012 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 5 of 7 18 August 2011 at 4:14pm | IP Logged | ||
I'm not familiar with "in transition", but one I do know is to be "between jobs". 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| anamsc Triglot Senior Member Andorra Joined 6204 days ago 296 posts - 382 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Catalan Studies: Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Written), French | Message 6 of 7 19 August 2011 at 6:15am | IP Logged | ||
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A friend of mine keeps saying that she's "FUNemployed," although I never heard that from anybody else but her. Edited by anamsc on 19 August 2011 at 6:17am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Meelämmchen Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5084 days ago 214 posts - 249 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Modern Hebrew | Message 7 of 7 23 August 2011 at 11:42am | IP Logged | ||
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Ok, this won't become a big thread. Thanks for the answers anyway!
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