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training tourist noun. A worker who signs up for training classes just to get a brief vacation from their jobs.

Example Citation:
"Training tourists. Those who take a lot of training classes at work to get away from their real job."
—Kevin Walker, "Love hurts; Spices rule," The Tampa Tribune

Notes:
This word appeared originally in Gareth Branwyn's Jargon Watch column (Wired magazine).

Related Words:
extreme tourism
intellectual tourism
labor tourist
narco-tourist
weather tourist

Subject Categories:
Business - Employees
Sociology - People

Posted on December 21, 1996 at 10:47 AM
Updated on December 21, 1996 at 10:47 AM


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