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basement-dweller

basement-dweller is the alternative form of basement dweller.

Meaning of basement dweller

Noun

basement dweller (plural basement dwellers)

  1. (derogatory, informal, sometimes) An adult who lives in their parents' house (stereotypically in their basement); often with implications of idleness or social awkwardness.
    • Who Do You Hang With — Basement Dwellers or Penthouse Cheerleaders? It's important to take regular inventory of the people you are surrounding yourself with on a fairly consistent basis.2014, Nicole R. Matthews, Permission!, page 44
  2. (Internet, broadly, derogatory, informal, usually) A nerd or geek; a person lacking a social life.

Forms of basement-dweller

pluralbasement-dwellers

Questions about basement-dweller

What is basement-dweller the alternative form of?
Basement-dweller is the alternative form of basement dweller.

Words near basement-dweller in the dictionary

  1. basement battlers
  2. basement dweller
  3. basement dwellers
  4. basement membrane
  5. basement membranes
  6. basement-dweller
  7. basement-dwellers
  8. basement-dwelling
  9. basemented
  10. basementful
  11. basementfuls

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