vanily

English

Etymology

Blend of van +‎ family.

Noun

vanily (plural vanilies)

  1. (slang, uncommon) The community and friends of a nomadic van dweller on the road.
    • 2017, Jessica Bruder, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 220:
      I’d seen similar caretaking the year before, when a nomad named Beth fell while stepping out of her van (aka The Beast), breaking her left arm. Two members of her “vanily” set up what they called “Camp Recovery,” helping her do many things that are impossible one-handed, […] .
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