A week of furlough and a week of vacation (I call it "furcation") are complete, and I'm diving back into work.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

March 16 (UPI) -- The recession has produced a new set of words to describe U.S. life, including "furcation," "staycation" and "frugalista," pundits say.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - UPI.com] Reference

Times described "furcation" as "going someplace while on furlough or combining paid vacation days with unpaid days," while it said "staycation" means "staying at home because you can't afford to travel during your days off.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - UPI.com] Reference

Its most distinct characteristic is the furcation of the pinnæ, which are all of the same dimensions, whether sterile or fertile; they are all opposite and closely set along the mid-rib, whereas those of N. davallioides are set much further apart.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884] Reference

In the barren pinnæ which are only situated on the lower portion of the frond, and which generally are only few in number, the furcation is rudimentary; in the fertile pinnæ it is twice and even three times repeated in the extremities of the first division, becoming more complex toward the point of the frond, where it often forms quite a large tassel, whose weight gives the fronds quite an elegant, arching habit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884] Reference

But what about chiconomic, bangster and furcation?.    From Wordnik.com.  [WTOP / Business / Biz Stories] Reference

= Leaves prolonged on the stem beneath the insertion: branchlets springing out beneath the point of furcation, as the feathering along the trunk of elms, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Handbook of the Trees of New England] Reference

The trunk, shaggy in old trees, rises with nearly uniform diameter to the point of furcation, throwing out rather small branches of unequal length and irregularly disposed, forming an oblong or rounded head with frequent gaps in the continuity of the foliage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Handbook of the Trees of New England] Reference

= -- A medium-sized tree, 40-50 feet high, rising occasionally in swamps to a height of 60-75 feet; trunk 2-4 feet in diameter, throwing out limbs at varying angles a few feet from the ground; branches and branchlets slender, forming a bushy spray, the tips having a slightly upward tendency; head compact, in young trees usually rounded and symmetrical, widest just above the point of furcation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Handbook of the Trees of New England] Reference