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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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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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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
Carresident
Created by: gee216
Pronunciation: cur-es-i-dent
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Weclome. You can get more points by entering a sentence and etymology, see scoring under News/Help. Good first effort. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-18: 01:27:00
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Autodweller
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: otto dwel ler
Sentence: Danny had become an autodweller when his stocks plummeted, the bank foreclosed and he lost his home. He moved his family to the country and parked their family sedan, which became their new home. He was not sure if he were a Dodgelodger, an Autonomad, a Vehiculardomicile, Hyundenizen, or a CarResident...the sedantics did not matter. There were a few advantages to living the gypsy life. They could tour the country, meet new people, try new schools every month and redecoration was an obsolete word to them...at least until the gas ran out!
Etymology: Auto (automobile;4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine) & Dweller (a person who inhabits a particular place)
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COMMENTS:
cracked up laughing over the many sedantics! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-17: 13:40:00
Your mind is in overdrive! - metrohumanx, 2009-02-17: 20:45:00
sedantics ftw. - zrotv, 2009-02-17: 22:30:00
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Motorsquat
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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COMMENTS:
Youch! - metrohumanx, 2009-02-17: 20:47:00
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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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Hummerabode
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: hum - mur - abod
Sentence: At the end of their long day, Jeffrey and Gloria walked back to their hummerabode. Their kids and dog were waiting for them in the backseat. It was a prestige vehicle and had all the comforts of home. It had been their one last luxury before they maxed out their credit cards and went bankrupt. It did not seem like a luxury any longer but they were glad it wasn't a VW Rabbit.
Etymology: Hummer + Abode + a play on the phrase "humble abode" >> Hummer (a brand of off-road vehicles sold by General Motors) Abode (the home or place where one lives)
Carsteader
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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Suvivor
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: suv-IVE-uhr
Sentence: After being tossed out by her two-timing husband Muriel grabbed her two kids and their puppy and she became a suvivor, happy that she at least had the SUV as it provided a bit more in the way of creature comforts than a smaller vehicle may have done
Etymology: Use of SUV (acronym for Sports Utility Vehicle) and is a play on the word survivor.
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COMMENTS:
best one yet! - galwaywegian, 2009-02-17: 06:52:00
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-17: 09:35:00
This is the word! Great story! - splendiction, 2009-02-18: 12:40:00
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Carliver
Created by: Gadgetmo
Pronunciation: car - liver
Sentence: We have to live in our car because we've got no home.
Etymology:
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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