Definition: Combining a business trip with leisure time (Cambridge Dictionary online).
Sample usage: "I was fired for spending too much personal time on a business trip. I think that was unfair, and I'm going to file a bleisure suit."
Popularity: It sounds a bit bleary, as if you took the redeye.
JAMES LILEKS
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