Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vanlife

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: van-life
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lifestyle of living in a vehicle, especially a van, full or part-time.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Vanlife is an aesthetic and a mentality and, people kept telling me, a “movement.” S. Lucas Valdes, the owner of the California-based company GoWesty, a prominent seller of Volkswagen-van parts, compared vanlife today to surfing a couple of decades ago."
"Vanlife is an aesthetic trend, closer to the tiny-home movement, yet even richer, lusher and typically sexier."

Etymology

From van + life, popularized on social media in the 2010s.

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

vanlifer

Phrases

RV life

Frequently Paired Words

RV life

Questions

What does vanlife mean?: A lifestyle of living in a vehicle, especially a van, full or part-time.
Where does vanlife come from?: From van + life, popularized on social media in the 2010s.

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