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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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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)
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.
Vangalow
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: van/ga/low
Sentence: They moved from apartment dwellers to a vangalow in whatever neighood they wanted.
Etymology: VANGALOW - noun - from VAN (a smaller boxlike vehicle that resembles a panel truck) + BUNGALOW (a one-storied house)
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COMMENTS:
Very good! - Mustang, 2009-02-17: 23:19:00
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Homobile
Created by: leechdude
Pronunciation: hobo-mobeel
Sentence: George why are staying in your car. I'm a homobile
Etymology: homosapien, automobile
Carpartment
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: car-part-ment
Sentence: Sam Snickerly, would have gotten a larger automobile had he known it was going to be a carpartment for his entire family.
Etymology: Car- An automobile. Apartment-A room or suite of rooms designed as a residence and generally located in a building occupied by more than one household.
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COMMENTS:
:)Thanks you all! I need to show up more often with my right brain. - abrakadeborah, 2012-01-31: 00:46:00
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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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Suvivor
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: suh-VIVE-uhr
Sentence: After being tossed out by her two-timing husband Megan 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.
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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Dodgelodge
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)
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
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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