English edit

Etymology edit

home +‎ life

Noun edit

homelife (plural homelives)

  1. The manner in which a person conducts themselves at home, as opposed to how they act in a professional setting.
    • 1982 August 14, Michael Bronski, “If You Hated The Book You'll Loathe The Movie”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 5, page 10:
      They marry, have children and a very "liberated" homelife — she teaches at a college and he stays home with the kids and writes. Everything goes well until Helen dallies with one of her graduate students.