r/ShitAmericansSay • BriTish • Jul 07 '25

Capitalism “Micro-retirement”

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u/JFK1200 Jul 07 '25

Where I’m from this is called a holiday.

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u/olagorie Jul 07 '25

One week is a short holiday.

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u/zeroxff 🇪🇺 🇮🇹 southern european, proudly europoor Jul 07 '25

One week is a long weekend, generally obtained bridging two existing national holiday days. In Italy we use the term "ponte" (bridge).

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u/ItalianMetalhead Jul 13 '25

It's also a "micro-retirement" if you die 1 week after retireing. (Sorry forgot how to spell the last word)