Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: n. A person who lives in their car because they have lost their home. v. To live in your car.
Verboticisms
Click on each verboticism to read the sentences created by the Verbotomy writers, and to see your voting options...
You have two votes. Click on the words to read the details, then vote your favorite.
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)
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
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."
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Very clever! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-20: 00:51:00
----------------------------
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:
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
nice! - galwaywegian, 2009-02-17: 06:53:00
Clever switcheroo! Super Duper word, too! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-17: 13:34:00
----------------------------
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
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Watch my lips. This craic'ed me up. - scrabbelicious, 2012-01-27: 14:56:00
----------------------------
Carliver
Created by: Gadgetmo
Pronunciation: car - liver
Sentence: We have to live in our car because we've got no home.
Etymology:
Dwellonwheels
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: DWELL on WHEELS
Sentence: When I was younger, I was hellonwheels, riding around on my Harley. But now I've been reduced to dwellonwheels because I am living in my car.
Etymology: Play on HELL ON WHEELS and made up from DWELL and WHEELS
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Puntastic! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-17: 13:32:00
This just make me giggle. Nice Job! - Ismelstar, 2009-02-18: 19:55:00
----------------------------
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)
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.
Carresident
Created by: gee216
Pronunciation: cur-es-i-dent
Sentence:
Etymology:
----------------------------
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
----------------------------
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by mweinmann. Thank you mweinmann. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by mweinmann. Thank you mweinmann. ~ James
WorldSecurityUA - 2018-08-31: 02:42:00
Уважаемые дамы и господа!