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playbour

playbour is the alternative spelling of playbor.

Meaning of playbor

Noun

playbor (uncountable)

  1. A hybrid form of play and labour, specifically in the games industry.
    • 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...2018 January 16, Greg Goldberg, Antisocial Media: Anxious Labor in the Digital Economy, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 51

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What is playbour the alternative spelling of?
Playbour is the alternative spelling of playbor.

Words near playbour in the dictionary

  1. playboating
  2. playboats
  3. playbook
  4. playbooks
  5. playbor
  6. playbour
  7. playbox
  8. playboxes
  9. playboy
  10. Playboy Bunnies
  11. Playboy Bunny

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