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(n.)
The joy that comes from the actual work once automation clears away the setup tasks and admin that used to bury it.
A joie de faire returned to her clinic mornings once she started auto-generating the tedious job of patient notes.
Does it ring true?
From the future, or already here?
A play on the French joie de vivre, the ‘joy of living’, with faire (to do, to make) swapped in. Occasionally used as a phrase by French speakers, but now ripe to cross over into English as AI frees more people to focus on the work that matters. Hopefully. Pronounced zhwah duh FAIR.
Future Words: A Non-Obvious Glossary of Terms That Don’t Exist (But Soon Will) collects all 100, each with its example sentence and coinage notes, from the bestselling authors of The Future Normal. Hardcover, October 20, 2026.