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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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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)
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)
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."
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COMMENTS:
Very clever! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-20: 00:51:00
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Interstateless
Created by: feltcap
Pronunciation: ɪntərˈsteɪtlɛs
Sentence: After his father walked in on a rather intimate moment he was sharing with his mother they had been interstateless.
Etymology: interstate - a highway serving two or more states, stateless - lacking nationality or without nationality or citizenship
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
Autodweller
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: otto dwel ler
Sentence: Danny had become an autodweller when his stocks plummeted, the bank foreclosed and he lost his home. He moved his family to the country and parked their family sedan, which became their new home. He was not sure if he were a Dodgelodger, an Autonomad, a Vehiculardomicile, Hyundenizen, or a CarResident...the sedantics did not matter. There were a few advantages to living the gypsy life. They could tour the country, meet new people, try new schools every month and redecoration was an obsolete word to them...at least until the gas ran out!
Etymology: Auto (automobile;4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine) & Dweller (a person who inhabits a particular place)
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COMMENTS:
cracked up laughing over the many sedantics! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-17: 13:40:00
Your mind is in overdrive! - metrohumanx, 2009-02-17: 20:45:00
sedantics ftw. - zrotv, 2009-02-17: 22:30:00
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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)
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
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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Carliver
Created by: Gadgetmo
Pronunciation: car - liver
Sentence: We have to live in our car because we've got no home.
Etymology:
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
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