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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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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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Apartmobile

artr

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)

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Homobile

Created by: leechdude

Pronunciation: hobo-mobeel

Sentence: George why are staying in your car. I'm a homobile

Etymology: homosapien, automobile

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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:

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COMMENTS:

nice! - galwaywegian, 2009-02-17: 06:53:00

Clever switcheroo! Super Duper word, too! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-17: 13:34:00

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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

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Carsteader

SamusMan

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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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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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".

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Veebo

sam145

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

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Vagabenz

DnBrown

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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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-02-17: 00:01:01
Today's definition was suggested by mweinmann. Thank you mweinmann. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-08-31: 00:09:00
Today's definition was suggested by mweinmann. Thank you mweinmann. ~ James

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