Verboticism: Carliver

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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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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)

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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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Watch my lips. This craic'ed me up. - scrabbelicious, 2012-01-27: 14:56:00

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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

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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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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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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.

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Biocarbones

Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: bye oh car bones

Sentence: Carlotta's address was the junkyard where she had her choice of the The Old Volks Home, the Hondo-Condo, The Homevee, The Rambler Inn, or her favorite the Impalace. The junkyard was a rescar mission for Carlotta, a biocarbones.

Etymology: BIO, CAR, BONES. Bio - prefix for living (in). Car - vehicle. Bones - as in I must rest my weary bones (body). Biocarbones is also a play on biocarbons, such as charcoal, that are formed from formerly-living carbon (car-bone) based organisms.

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Song of the day: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, comin' for to car-ry me home! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-17: 02:03:00

Once uPUN a time...love the Impalace and the Old Volks Home! - Nosila, 2009-02-17: 20:22:00

metrohumanx Hail Hail Freedonia -Land of the Brave and Free! - metrohumanx, 2009-02-17: 20:39:00

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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)

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Carliver

Gadgetmo

Created by: Gadgetmo

Pronunciation: car - liver

Sentence: We have to live in our car because we've got no home.

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Carresident

Created by: gee216

Pronunciation: cur-es-i-dent

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Etymology:

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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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Automohobo

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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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