workamping
US/wɝkˈkæmpɪŋ/
workamping noun: the practice of combining part-time or full-time paid or volunteer work with RV or tent camping.
Noun
workamping (uncountable)
- The practice of combining part-time or full-time paid or volunteer work with RV or tent camping.
- Phil and his wife, Robin, forty-six, had started workamping after the market crashed in 2008 and the bank subsequently foreclosed on their home.2017, Jessica Bruder, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 62
- You may think that workamping is a modern phenomenon, but we come from a long, long tradition.2017 December 2, Jessica Bruder, “Living in cars, working for Amazon: meet America's new nomads”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2022
Origin of workamping
Blend of work + camping.
Questions about workamping
- What does workamping mean?
- Workamping means the practice of combining part-time or full-time paid or volunteer work with RV or tent camping.
- What part of speech is workamping?
- Workamping is a noun.
- How do you pronounce workamping?
- Workamping is pronounced /wɝkˈkæmpɪŋ/ (US).
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