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OCCUPLAYTION (N). Ok-yoo-‘play-shun  A non-demanding, fanciful “job” invented for heroines of Hollywood romcoms (sometimes pursued by real-life filles de privilège). Usage: As a kid, Mindy dreamed of being a plant waterer like Drew Barrymore in “Music & Lyrics;”  a corporate gifter like Marilu Henner in “L.A. Story;” or a totebag maker like Monica Lewinsky. But at 21, she realized that those were occuplaytions, not real career options, and took a job at Avis. Text © Liesl Schillinger 4/21/2009 Image ©Elizabeth Zechel, 6/13/2011

OCCUPLAYTION (N). Ok-yoo-‘play-shun  A non-demanding, fanciful “job” invented for heroines of Hollywood romcoms (sometimes pursued by real-life filles de privilège). Usage: As a kid, Mindy dreamed of being a plant waterer like Drew Barrymore in “Music & Lyrics;”  a corporate gifter like Marilu Henner in “L.A. Story;” or a totebag maker like Monica Lewinsky. But at 21, she realized that those were occuplaytions, not real career options, and took a job at Avis.

Text © Liesl Schillinger 4/21/2009 Image ©Elizabeth Zechel, 6/13/2011

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