Layoff Beard Edit Meaning

1.

The term Layoff Beard refers to any facial hair that is grown in celebration of unemployment. Qualifying events include getting: canned, fired, axed, pink-slipped, downsized, marginalized, shown the door, let go, dismissed, let go, or laid off.

Layoff Beards were popularized in fall 2008 by the website TheCanned, which runs an unemployment-themed blog titled "The Layoff Beard."

There are a lot of bankers out there who have grown ferocious layoff beards following the financial crisis of 2008.

See beard, layoff, unemployment, canned, recession, facial hair, scruff, jobless

2.

Not shaving after being given termination of work notice. Play off of Playoff Beard

Now that I don't have to worry about work, I'll focus on growing the layoff beard

See beard, layoff, unemployed, fired, recession