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Home economics is a school subject dealing with how to run a house well and efficiently.      n-uncount  
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east or west, home is best
exp.
home is the best place to be no matter where it is
homebound
adj.
forced by a medical condition to spend most of the time home
POSH
exp.
Port Out Starboard Home
Folk etymology: rich ship passengers paid for cabins on the side most in shadow. Supposedly shortened to P.O.S.H on tickets. No evidence for this origin; the word comes from 19th century slang.
care facility
n.
care home
residential care
n.
care provided for old or sick people or children in a residential facility ("home")
footies
n.
informal name given to footwear items like socks, home foot covers or plastic foot covers used for hygienical reasons
backronym
n.
a false acronym created "backwards", i.e. from a phrase deliberately invented to generate the acronym, e.g. posh "port out starboard home".

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