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DEFINITION: n. A person who lives in their car because they have lost their home. v. To live in your car.
Verboticisms
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Mohabitate
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: mow hab it ayt
Sentence: they mohabitated for weeks at a time surviving on love, motown hits and sun baked cheese
Etymology: mo as in motown, habititate as in live
Domicyclist
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: domi/sigh/clist
Sentence: The Turtle family became domicyclists when it became necessary to take up residence in their car.
Etymology: domicile + cyclist
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COMMENTS:
what a mind tripper! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-17: 13:36:00
brilliant, and rolls off the tongue too... - Ismelstar, 2009-02-18: 19:53:00
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Afordablehousing
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: aff ohr dab il how zing
Sentence: He found the afordablehousing very spacious after living for years in his folkswagon
Etymology: aFORDable
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COMMENTS:
Watch my lips. This craic'ed me up. - scrabbelicious, 2012-01-27: 14:56:00
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Kuruminase
Created by: hellohime
Pronunciation: Koo-Loo-Mi-Na-say
Sentence: After being kicked out on the street, with nothing but his car and bag of clothes, he found himself in a very kuruminase situation.
Etymology: Stemming from the japanese word for Car (kurumi), transliterated as "Car-Living-Person" meaning a person who uses their car as a place of residence.
Veebo
Created by: sam145
Pronunciation: VEE-boh
Sentence: I spent a few years as a veebo after my parents kicked me out of the house.
Etymology: A combination of vehicle and hobo
Wreckhomer
Created by: simoneshin
Pronunciation: wreck homer
Sentence: when she found out he brought this homewrecker in to their home she through him out and he became a wreckhomer
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
nice! - galwaywegian, 2009-02-17: 06:53:00
Clever switcheroo! Super Duper word, too! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-17: 13:34:00
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Vagabenz
Created by: DnBrown
Pronunciation: vag-a-benz
Sentence: Kathy lost her home when her bakery went under, due to the terrible economy. Now jobless, homeless, with no opportunities, she is forced to live in her car and become a Vagabenz.
Etymology: Vagabenz is a mixture of Vagabond (an idle wanderer without a permanent home or visible means of support) and Benz (from Mercedes Benz, the car manufacture)
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COMMENTS:
Her bakery went under? No wonder she has no dough! Great word... - Nosila, 2009-02-19: 01:24:00
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Villahicle
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: vee la hik el
Sentence: Summers down by the lake, winters in trailer parks...waking up miles away from where you went to bed, that's the life. Our villahicle is the true meaning of detached housing. We are upwardly mobile...well, mobile, anyway!
Etymology: Villa (suburban detached domicile) & Vehicle (mode of transport)
Fordablehousing
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)
Vinhabit
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)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by mweinmann. Thank you mweinmann. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by mweinmann. Thank you mweinmann. ~ James
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