Expatting

v: Expatting, to expat. The act of moving to another country for the purpose of building a better life or a more fulfilling career.

The job market really sucks. My friend? He's thinking of expatting to another country. He's really got some good plans for what he'll do!

Or:

The job market really sucks. My friend? He expatted to another country. Now, he's living his life to the fullest!

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expat

A word North Americans and Western Europeans like to use to avoid calling themselves immigrants.

Josh is an expat. José is an immigrant.

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Expat

Immigrants, but they're white.

Why's this expat even here if she's gonna generalize the entire population like that!?

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expat

A person that lives and works in a foreign country while acting as if they never left their home country.

James was unfamiliar with the local language and culture as he rarely ventured outside the expat bubble.

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Expat

Expatriate - it means "immigrant" - it's a word created by white people so they don't have to call themselves "immigrants" when they leave their native country and go somewhere else.

"Nah, Jose's an Immigrant...not me..... I'm an Expat. "

Expat

What white people call themselves when they don't want to be called immigrants.

90% of the population in Dubai consists of immigrants and expats.

expat

A person taking up residency in another country.

Now most commonly used as term for those working in companies outside of their home country such as those with regional position and their family.

1. She got offered a regional position in her company's head office in Singapore making here an expat in that tiny city-state.

2. Our new neighbor is an expatriate family from Argentina, family of the newly appointed Argentine Diplomat.

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