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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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Carttage
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: caw taj - homophone with cottage
Sentence: Unfortunately they eventually lost their home and took up residence in their car. It would be temporary. When not downtown working, they returned up north to their carttage. As time went by, their carttage became their “home a way from home”.
Etymology: carttage and carttager. From "cottage" and "car".
Carliver
Created by: Gadgetmo
Pronunciation: car - liver
Sentence: We have to live in our car because we've got no home.
Etymology:
Vagabenz
Created by: DnBrown
Pronunciation: vag-a-benz
Sentence: Kathy lost her home when her bakery went under, due to the terrible economy. Now jobless, homeless, with no opportunities, she is forced to live in her car and become a Vagabenz.
Etymology: Vagabenz is a mixture of Vagabond (an idle wanderer without a permanent home or visible means of support) and Benz (from Mercedes Benz, the car manufacture)
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COMMENTS:
Her bakery went under? No wonder she has no dough! Great word... - Nosila, 2009-02-19: 01:24:00
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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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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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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)
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)
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)
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
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COMMENTS:
Puntastic! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-17: 13:32:00
This just make me giggle. Nice Job! - Ismelstar, 2009-02-18: 19:55:00
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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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