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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.
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Apartmobile
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: uh-pahrt-moh-beel
Sentence: The sales rep spends so much time in her car that she has decked it out as an apartmobile. The bins of snacks and stack of extra cloths are bad enough but recently she has been nagging her husband to figure out how to adapt a mini-fridge and microwave to install in the back seat.
Etymology: apartment (set of rooms for rent ) + mobile(movable, traveling)
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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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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Condominivan
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kon doh min eeeeeeeeeee van
Sentence: He lived in a condominivan with his wife, two kids, his pet sheep and his accountant.
Etymology: condominium, mini van
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COMMENTS:
Excellent blend. Sheep and accountant? Sounds kinky....he said, with a sheepish grin. - Mustang, 2009-02-17: 08:14:00
fantastic - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-17: 09:35:00
I think you mean Vantastic,Jab...and as for the sheep, ewe go galwaywegian! - Nosila, 2009-02-19: 01:21:00
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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
Automohobo
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
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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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.
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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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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