shacked
Moved in informally
Shacked is the past tense of shack, meaning to live somewhere temporarily or in rough conditions.
Most commonly appears in shacked up, meaning to live with a romantic partner without being married: They shacked up together after dating for six months.
The phrase once carried disapproval but now sounds dated or mildly humorous.
Simple wooden dwelling
- hutSmall crude dwelling
- cottageSmall rural home
- bungalowOne-story house with porch
- hovelWretched small dwelling
lean-to · shelter · refuge · hideaway · crash pad · digs · pad · quarters
Sharing a dwelling
- moving inEstablishing new residence
- partneredJoined with another
- coupledJoined in pairs
- domesticOf the home
roommates · housemates · bunking · crashing · common-law · unmarried · cohabitating
Outdoor recreational lodging
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- off-gridWithout utility connections
- primitiveIn earliest form
- rusticRural and unrefined
backcountry · outdoors · roughing it · survival · remote · isolated · unplugged · bare-bones
Created without prior planning
- cobbled-togetherAssembled from random parts
- jerry-riggedCrudely assembled from scraps
- thrown-togetherAssembled hastily, without care
- ramshackleBadly deteriorated from neglect
rickety · patched · DIY · rough-hewn · dilapidated · run-down · tumbledown · flimsy
Colliding with force
- stayingContinuing in place
- bunkingSleeping somewhere temporarily
- short-termOf limited duration
- transientTemporary, soon departing
stopgap · interim · provisional · nomadic · drifting · squatting · subletting · month-to-month
cabin
Simple wooden dwelling
hovel · lean-to · shelter · refuge · hideaway · crash pad · digs · pad · quarters · lodging
living together
Sharing a dwelling
domestic · roommates · housemates · bunking · crashing · common-law · unmarried · cohabitating
camping
Outdoor recreational lodging
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- off-gridWithout utility connections
- primitiveIn earliest form
rustic · backcountry · outdoors · roughing it · survival · remote · isolated · unplugged · bare-bones · spartan
improvised
Created without prior planning
- cobbled-togetherAssembled from random parts
- jerry-riggedCrudely assembled from scraps
- thrown-togetherAssembled hastily, without care
ramshackle · rickety · patched · DIY · rough-hewn · dilapidated · run-down · tumbledown · flimsy · shabby
crashing
Colliding with force
- stayingContinuing in place
- bunkingSleeping somewhere temporarily
- short-termOf limited duration
transient · stopgap · interim · provisional · nomadic · drifting · squatting · subletting · month-to-month · itinerant
beach hut
Small seaside shelter
- wave riderOne who rides swells
- beach bumCasual coastal idler
- coastalOf the shoreline
shoreline · seaside · surfer · pipeline · break · swell · dawn patrol · wax · wetsuit · sandy
- shack upLive together romantically, unwed
- shacked upLiving together unmarried
- sugar shackMaple syrup production building
- shacking upLiving together unmarried
- love shackIntimate retreat spot
- fishing shackSmall waterside angling shelter
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