commuterdom

English

Etymology

commuter +‎ -dom

Noun

commuterdom

1. The people, infrastructure, and activities associated with commuting.
   • 1971, Derek William Pitt, M. B. Shaw, Surrey villages, page 54:

     It still runs across the chalk hump from north-east to south-west, from Leatherhead to Guildford, but now it's the A246, a prosaic enough name for what is now a prosaic enough artery that has done its part to bring commuterdom to the old villages of the northern edge of the chalk, where a narrow strip of more fertile soil links the chalk with the London clay.

   • 1984, Jonathan Kiek, Everybody's historic London: a history and guide, →ISBN, page 153:

     In fact, the importance of this line, built in an arc from Broad Street at the eastern end of the city, via Hampstead and Finchley , to Richmond, lies in the creation of commuterdom.

   • 2003, David Abram, The Rough Guide to France, →ISBN, page 583:

     The creation of a pare naturel regional in 1970 did something to promote the area as a place for outdoor activities and refuge from commuterdom, but more than anything it was the election of Francois Mitterrand, local politician and mayor of Chateau-Chinon for years, as president of the Republic that rescued the Morvan from oblivion.

   • 2016, Helen Callaghan, Dear Amy, →ISBN, page 331:

     we shook hands, like business colleagues, and within moments the human swell of commuterdom had funnelled him away into the depths of the Central Line, leaving me alone.