basement-dwellerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

basement dweller (複数形 basement dwellers)

1. (informal, derogatory) A nerd or geek; a person lacking a social life.
   • 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.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see basement,‎ dweller.
   • 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.