basement-dwellerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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basement dweller (plural basement dwellers)

1. (informal, sometimes derogatory) An adult who lives in their parents' house (stereotypically in their basement); often with implications of idleness or social awkwardness.
   • 2014, Nicole R. Matthews, Permission!, page 44:

     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.

   • 2009, Mary Stuever, The Forester's Log: Musings from the Woods:

     Over the years, I had shared the square feet of this office space with other basement dwellers, mostly squirrels and rabbits, and unfortunately a few skunks.

2. (by extension, informal, derogatory, usually Internet slang) A nerd or geek; a person lacking a social life.

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