PAFSOL
PAFSOL is when you're so broke you can't even qualify for help. You’re too broke to work, too broke to look for work, and too broke to even try. It’s the ultimate failure of being poor.
I tried to apply for unemployment, but I'm PAFSOL. I haven’t made enough money to be counted.
PAFSOL is like being poor but even worse. I can’t even afford to be poor.
I can’t afford to be unemployed. I’m PAFSOL, and I’m stuck.