Hummer house
n.— «I think of them as “Hummer houses” for their obnoxious size—they are surely as gaudy and embarrassing. Perhaps even more so, as vehicles are gone to the scrap heap in 10 years.» —“Letters: Stop ‘Hummer houses,’ too” by Harper Jones Houston Chronicle (Texas) June 24, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
The words tough, through, and dough all end in O-U-G-H. So why don’t they rhyme? A lively new book addresses the many quirks of English by explaining the history of words and phrases. And: have you ever been in a situation where a group makes...
When there’s no evening meal planned at home, what do you call that scramble to cobble together your own dinner? Some people apply acronyms like YOYO — “you’re on your own” — or CORN, for “Clean Out your Refrigerator...