Houses & Housing Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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staircasing n. Pye will be able to increase her share in her home after a year, buying chunks of 5% or more—a process known as staircasing—at the prevailing market price. [English Houses & Housing Money & Finance Jargon] [full cite] (Oct. 8, 2007)

starter castle n. Whether you call them by the pejorative moniker McMansions or more whimsical names such as Faux Chateaux or Starter Castles, super-sized houses are here—soon to be followed by negative impacts, according to conservationists. [English Architecture Construction & Buildings Houses & Housing] [full cite] (Jul. 2, 2005)

surf-pod n. Chintzy hotels are being turned into trendy apart-hotels—flats with hotel services—while tired guest houses are being converted into studio flats, or surf-pods, as the developers call them. [English Houses & Housing New or Nonce] [full cite] (Jan. 12, 2008)

toxic title n. When city officials try to hold someone responsible for dilapidated properties, they often find the homeowner and bank pointing fingers at each other. Indeed, the houses fall into a kind of legal limbo that Cleveland housing attorney Kermit J. Lind calls “toxic title.” [English Houses & Housing New or Nonce] [full cite] (Jan. 13, 2008)

trashout n. Professionals in the insurance and lending industry are bracing themselves for all manner of similar situations, as homeowners either trash or simply leave their trash lying around their houses, often taking off without even claiming their furniture.…"We just estimated a trashout yesterday where we’re going to have to drain the pool,” one Fontana, Calif., resident posted on AgentsOnline.Net, a resource and idea site for realtors, “and the stench from it when you enter the backyard is overwhelming. [English Houses & Housing New or Nonce] [full cite] (Feb. 8, 2008)

tropical shell n. Although there are no strict definitions, “cold shells” are generally facilities where tenants may have to install bathrooms, elevators and air conditioning. But that’s not as bad as an “arctic shell,” which doesn’t have much more than a roof and exterior walls. A “warm shell” at least has bathrooms and elevators. “Tropical shells” offer amenities beyond that. [English Construction & Buildings Houses & Housing Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 16, 2007)

tumbling n. Some Irish were able to buy tickets out of the country. “They were going to be driven off the land because they were unable to pay rent when the crops failed.…The landlord would come with a constable and do what is known as tumbling, they’d burn the house to the ground. If another neighbor took them in they’d be burned too.” [English Ireland United Kingdom Houses & Housing] [full cite] (Mar. 18, 2008)

UFROG n. Even before we moved in, my wife set the deadline of transforming our UFROG (it means unfinished room over garage) into 250 square feet of livable, workable space, which I commonly refer to as a man room. It’s not really a den as much as it’s a place where I can put my collectables, dartboards and bar equipment, which she commonly refers to as junk. [English Houses & Housing Acronym] [full cite] (Oct. 17, 2006)

warm shell n. Although there are no strict definitions, “cold shells” are generally facilities where tenants may have to install bathrooms, elevators and air conditioning. But that’s not as bad as an “arctic shell,” which doesn’t have much more than a roof and exterior walls. A “warm shell” at least has bathrooms and elevators. “Tropical shells” offer amenities beyond that. [English Construction & Buildings Houses & Housing Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 16, 2007)

zomburbia n. The massive migrations from suburban America (dubbed zomburbia) is now leading to such levels of social crisis the language is changing. [English Houses & Housing Urban Planning & Zoning New or Nonce] [full cite] (Aug. 31, 2007)

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