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Hummer home
 n.— «Driving along the Main Line outside Philadelphia, through downtown Hagerstown or beside the town common in Tarboro, N.C., reminds us that Hummer homes are not necessarily a new phenomenon.» —“Less Can Really Be More” by Ann Felker Washington Post (A16) July 16, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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