Fun
Fun noun - Activity engaged in to amuse oneself.
Usage example: came outside to where we were playing touch football and joined the fun
Labor
Labor noun - Very hard or unpleasant work.
Usage example: a political dissident forced to do six months of hard labor in the salt mines as punishment
Both words in one sentence
- They complained that Macherot depicted, in stories for children, terrorist attacks on a King, fun presumably made of labor unions, and a woman wearing hair curlers.
Source: Comic Book / Chlorophylle -
Punishments are harsh and include forced labor, maiming, and boiling in oil, just in case you thought medieval times were fun and romantic.
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Then there is the rare breed of villain who prefers to think of him or herself as "above" the common labor of applying crushing physical or psychological agony personally for fear it might put a nick in their nails —- and besides, watching is just a lot more fun.
Source: Televised Torture
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