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van life

van life is the alternative form of vanlife.

Meaning of vanlife

Noun

vanlife (uncountable)

  1. A lifestyle of living in a vehicle, especially a van, full or part-time.
    • 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.2017 April 17, Rachel Monroe, “Vanlife, the Bohemian Social-Media Movement”, in The New Yorker, retrieved 23 Aug 2021

Questions about van life

What is van life the alternative form of?
Van life is the alternative form of vanlife.

Words near van life in the dictionary

  1. Van Kleeck
  2. Van Kleecks
  3. Van Kouwenberg
  4. Van Lanen
  5. Van Lanens
  6. van life
  7. Van Loan
  8. Van Loans
  9. Van Maanen
  10. Van Maanens
  11. Van Metre

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