Verboticisms

Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Mow-ter-skwot

Sentence: The credit crunch had hit Joe very hard, his business had failed and his home was repossessed. He had no choice but to motorsquat in his ex wifes old banger that she had left behind when she disappeared with his financially well off 'best friend'.

Etymology: Motor(slang for car) + Squat(to set up home in an unused space,albeit illegal) = Motorsquat

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Youch! - metrohumanx, 2009-02-17: 20:47:00

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: doj-loj

Sentence: Well children, the GFC has ruined us. The bank has foreclosed and next week the repo men will no doubt arrive to take away the furniture and the next we'll be dodgelodging.

Etymology: Dodge (motor vehicle manufacturer) + lodge (n. cabin or v. reside)

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Created by: leechdude

Pronunciation: hobo-mobeel

Sentence: George why are staying in your car. I'm a homobile

Etymology: homosapien, automobile

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Created by: feltcap

Pronunciation: ɪntərˈsteɪtlɛs

Sentence: After his father walked in on a rather intimate moment he was sharing with his mother they had been interstateless.

Etymology: interstate - a highway serving two or more states, stateless - lacking nationality or without nationality or citizenship

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Created by: readerwriter

Pronunciation: van-eh-tee-pee

Sentence: Vanity, vanity...saith the Preacher...all is vanity. Shane, taking refuge from the city, didn't know if he was shivering with excitement or from the cold, but in this darkness before the dawn, he was sure he had come up with the perfect solution to the housing problem he faced. He had heard of the Tiny House Movement...now how about the Tiny Tee Pee Movement? He stared around the sides of his van. He could see his invention so vividly. He could help others. He would call them Vaniteepees. It would be Spring soon and the snow would be melting. Then he could open up the roof, even take off the sides. There were plenty of small trees to use. Once he got the trees down, he wondered where he would get the material to cover the sides...but, never mind, it was great to dream. It sure would be nice to be able to build a fire right in the middle of your own house. Those Indians had a good idea. He curled up tighter. He would start whittling tomorrow...

Etymology: From VAN, a boxed-shaped vehicle on 4 wheels + TEE PEE, from the Lakota language meaning "to dwell;" also playing on VANITY, the excessive belief in own's own abilities

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: vin hab it

Sentence: Since the downturn in the economy, the Cameron Family has lived in their mini-van. In fact they vinhabit it. At first it was a shock, but after they stored all their stuff, but the TV, at a friend's, they have come to love their mobile existance. No house to clean, no lawn to mow, no worry about bill collectors and taxmen finding you and if you don't like your neighbors, you just move during the night and go somewhere else. Everyday is an adventure!

Etymology: VIN (Vehicle Identification Number...a unique serial number (17 characters) used by the automotive industry to identify individual motor vehicles) & Inhabit (to live in; makes one's home in)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ford abel how zing

Sentence: After losing his job and home, Randy moved the family into his Focus, so that they would have fordablehousing.

Etymology: Affordable housing (low cost dwelling) & Ford(automobile brand)

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Created by: SamusMan

Pronunciation: Car + stead + er

Sentence: When a national act opened up parked cars in the west as free territory, carsteaders cycled in by the dozens to claim their new frontier homes.

Etymology: Derived from "homesteader."

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COMMENTS:

Very clever! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-20: 00:51:00

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Created by: TheFourth

Pronunciation: ah-toe-mo-ho-bo

Sentence: When their record player caught on fire, they lost their house and became a automohobos. They're so underground.

Etymology: Automobile - a self-propelled passenger vehicle that usually has four wheels and an internal-combustion engine, used for land transport Hobo - a tramp, vagrant

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Created by: rombus

Pronunciation: hom - street - hom

Sentence: Ahhh homestreethome Justin said as he opened the door of his 77 Buick. He had been homeless for 25 years and was quite comfortable wandering the streets, eating at McDonald's and taking his showers at the SudsNStuff Carwash....

Etymology: Play on the phrase Home Sweet Home --- Home (where you live) Street (also your home if you live in your car...as it is a road to drive down)....

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COMMENTS:

clever word play - silveryaspen, 2009-02-17: 13:37:00

Be it ever so humble in the rumble seat! - Nosila, 2009-02-17: 20:24:00

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