from http://www.bartleby.com/61/92/F0369200.htmlSYLLABICATION: fur·lough
PRONUNCIATION: fûr'lō
NOUN: 1a. A leave of absence or vacation, especially one granted to a member of the armed forces. b. A usually temporary layoff from work. c. A leave of absence from prison granted to a prisoner. 2. The papers or documents authorizing a leave: The soldiers had their furloughs in their breast pockets.
TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: fur·loughed, fur·lough·ing, fur·loughs
1. To grant a leave to. 2. To lay off (workers).
ETYMOLOGY: Alteration of vorloffe, furlogh, from Dutch verlof, from Middle Dutch. See leubh- in Appendix I.
Furlough
Furlough
Definition quoted below. The most frequent sense I hear the word is used in is, "involuntary standby from working." I came across this word while a server breakdown furloughed me at the office. No cure is better than venting it out as a sublimated language fun.
Furlough, often furlong in the orient, means many things!
"After the capture of that enemy combatant, I was given a furlough in Tokyo."
"I wish my furlong was that long!"
"I would furlough with you, but......"
"A forlough is something given a military man who has done something that he should be very proud of, or something he has yet to be forgiven for."
"I furlough that!"
Apo
"After the capture of that enemy combatant, I was given a furlough in Tokyo."
"I wish my furlong was that long!"
"I would furlough with you, but......"
"A forlough is something given a military man who has done something that he should be very proud of, or something he has yet to be forgiven for."
"I furlough that!"
Apo
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