bridge-and-tunneler

9.4

A person who travels from the suburbs into the city by bridge or tunnel

noun
/ˈbrɪdʒ ənd ˈtʌnələr/

: commutador

Her colleagues often tease her for being a bridge-and-tunneler because of her long commute.

Examples

Being a bridge-and-tunneler requires patience, especially during rush hour traffic.
Many bridge-and-tunnelers face long commutes every day.
The city has many bridge-and-tunnelers who travel in from New Jersey every day.
The bridge-and-tunneler lifestyle can be exhausting.
Many bridge-and-tunnelers commute to the city daily, enduring crowded trains and heavy traffic.
As a bridge-and-tunneler, he spends over two hours each day traveling from the suburbs to his office in the city.
The life of a bridge-and-tunneler often includes navigating several bridges and tunnels each morning.

Synonyms

commuter

vsbridge-and-tunneler

116 2.5

A person who travels regularly between home and work, often to a city

is a regular traveller who specifically crosses bridges and tunnels into the city

How Urban

urban dweller

2 3.8

bridge-and-tunneler

9.4

suburbanite

12 5.8

ruralist

7.7

Surface Forms

bridge-and-tunneler singular

bridge-and-tunnelers plural

Morphology

bridge-and-tunneler = bridge + tunnel (transparent) = bridge + tunnel + er

Formed by adding the agentive suffix '-er' to the hyphenated compound 'bridge-and-tunnel'; a learner who knows 'bridge' and 'tunnel' can infer 'someone who uses bridges and tunnels'.

Etymology

Bridge-and-tunneler comes from the simple words bridge and tunnel, plus -er which means 'one who'. It paints a clear picture of a person who goes over bridges and through tunnels to reach the city, so it means someone who commutes from the suburbs into town.