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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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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
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.
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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COMMENTS:
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
Hail Hail Freedonia -Land of the Brave and Free! - metrohumanx, 2009-02-17: 20:39:00
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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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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.
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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Motorsquat
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Mow-ter-skwot
Sentence: The credit crunch had hit Joe very hard, his business had failed and his home was repossessed. He had no choice but to motorsquat in his ex wifes old banger that she had left behind when she disappeared with his financially well off 'best friend'.
Etymology: Motor(slang for car) + Squat(to set up home in an unused space,albeit illegal) = Motorsquat
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COMMENTS:
Youch! - metrohumanx, 2009-02-17: 20:47:00
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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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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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