surf-pod
n.— «Chintzy hotels are being turned into trendy apart-hotels—flats with hotel services—while tired guest houses are being converted into studio flats, or surf-pods, as the developers call them.» —“Building bonanza for Cornwall’s capital of surf” by Steven Morris Guardian Unlimited (United Kingdom) Jan. 5, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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