#2043: Boathouses and Houseboats

XKCD comic, described below.
Transcript

[A chart with three rows and three columns is shown, both with the same heading "car", "house", and "boat". On the top left a text with the word "this" two times embedded in a bubble and an arrow respectively pointing to the row and column heading reads:]

A this that holds this

[Most entries have the common word in black, but crossed out in red with another word below also in red. Two entries remain in green.]

A Car that holds a Car: Tow truck Carcar

A House that holds a Car: Garage Carhouse

A Boat that holds a Car: Car ferry Carboat

A Car that holds a House: Mobile home Housecar

A House that holds a House: Apartment Househouse

A Boat that holds a House: Houseboat (green text)

A Car that holds a Boat: Boat trailer Boatcar

A House that holds a Boat: Boathouse (green text)

A Boat that holds a Boat: Lifeboat Boatboat

[Caption below the frame:]

I really like the words for "boathouse" and "houseboat" and think we should apply that scheme more consistently.

(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

The that is held by is also a , so if you go to a food truck, the stuff you buy is truck food. A phone that's in your car is a carphone, and a car equipped with a phone is a phonecar. When you play a mobile racing game, you're in your phonecar using your carphone to drive a different phonecar. I'm still not sure about bananaphones.

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