"vanlife" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From van + life, popularized on social media in the 2010s. Etymology templates: {{af|en|van|life}} van + life Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} vanlife (uncountable)
  1. A lifestyle of living in a vehicle, especially a van, full or part-time. Tags: uncountable Derived forms: vanlifer
    Sense id: en-vanlife-en-noun-XIk1A9t2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "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.",
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