Search results for 'house':

house aerobics (noun) : aerobic exercise garnered from performing household chores, particularly those requiring numerous trips up and down stairs.

She characterized her multiple trips between the basement where she was doing laundry and the second floor where she was cleaning and changing bedding as house aerobics.

Submitted by: Sean from Ohio on Sep. 13, 2007 20:49

house-bat (noun) : a reclusive person who refuses to leave his/her home during the day in order to avoid people and harsh sunlight thus causing the dwelling to become cave-like

This weekend I am becoming a house-bat because I have so many projects that I need to finish.

Submitted by: Kimberly from Pennsylvania on Sep. 07, 2007 09:23

House-ism (noun) : A clever or sarcastic phrase in the manner of Dr. Gregory House from the T.V. show House, usually "telling it like it is"

Submitted by: Anonymous on Jun. 20, 2007 10:55

house-spouse (noun) : A married person, either male or female, who is in charge of the household affairs while the other spouse works outside the home. It is gender neutral. [I used this since I did not like house-husband since the early 1980's]

Submitted by: Don Lawse from Iowa on Jan. 25, 2007 00:39

houseatosis (noun) : a pungent odor, usually of a musty or mildewy scent, that a domicile can develop due to lack of air circulation or poor ventiliation; if left uncorrected, this smell can permeate into the inhabitant's clothing

I like to open my windows in the springtime so my apartment doesn't develop houseatosis.

Submitted by: Kimberly from Pennsylvania on Apr. 27, 2007 12:16

houseband (noun) : a house husband : a husband who maintains the household while his wife works

Submitted by: J.C. Moore from Pennsylvania on Aug. 14, 2009 11:09

Houselouse (noun) : A person that sits around the house all day and does nothing!

I come up with this word when my kids were young and they didn't want to do anything in the house but sit around.

Submitted by: Hecata Satanis from Missouri on Jul. 12, 2006 07:35

housemouse (noun) : one who does not stray far from home

That kid is a real housemouse.

Submitted by: Anonymous on Jul. 05, 2008 07:36

houseworkaphobia (noun) : The fear of cleaning ones dwelling.

When we stopped by his apartment it was evident that he suffers from houseworkaphobia by the dirty cluttered mess and pungent odor.

Submitted by: J.C. from Pennsylvania on Oct. 31, 2007 09:37

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