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minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down2·1 day ago“of no fixed address” is the most asinine way of saying homeless I’ve ever heard. I really hope that doesn’t catch on like “unalive”
minus-squareCooper8@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·19 hours agoIt is actually an old and well established britishism
minus-squareTomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 hours agoNFA doesn’t mean on the streets. Live in a van? NFA Couchsurfer? NFA It just means they aren’t registered at an address, such as being on the electoral role. I have the local jobcentre as my registered address as when I’m back in the UK I live between my van and various Travelodge for work. Am I homeless? No
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 hours agoHomeless doesn’t automatically mean you live on the streets; “having no fixed address” is the definition of homeless, which is why it’s asinine. It’s like calling them 'casual denim trousers ’ instead of ‘jeans’. Why say lot word when few word do trick?
“of no fixed address” is the most asinine way of saying homeless I’ve ever heard.
I really hope that doesn’t catch on like “unalive”
It is actually an old and well established britishism
NFA doesn’t mean on the streets.
Live in a van? NFA
Couchsurfer? NFA
It just means they aren’t registered at an address, such as being on the electoral role.
I have the local jobcentre as my registered address as when I’m back in the UK I live between my van and various Travelodge for work.
Am I homeless? No
Homeless doesn’t automatically mean you live on the streets; “having no fixed address” is the definition of homeless, which is why it’s asinine.
It’s like calling them 'casual denim trousers ’ instead of ‘jeans’.
Why say lot word when few word do trick?
I’ve got some bad news for you.