Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

playbor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: play-bor
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hybrid form of play and labour, specifically in the games industry.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The fun, pleasurable aspect of playbor troubles scholars because it seems to suggest that playborers are not exploited; exploitation is supposed to be immiserating, not fun. Furthermore, the characterization of playbor as exploitative might easily be read as something of an insult to the exploitation of real (material) labor, which is in fact immiserating."

Etymology

Blend of play + labor, coined by Julian Kücklich Julian Kücklich in 2005.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

playbour (alternative)

Derived Forms

playborer

Questions

What does playbor mean?: A hybrid form of play and labour, specifically in the games industry.
Where does playbor come from?: Blend of play + labor, coined by Julian Kücklich Julian Kücklich in 2005.

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