shoffice

English

Etymology

Blend of shed +‎ office

Noun

shoffice (plural shoffices)

1. (British, informal) A small building, located in a garden, serving as a home workspace.
   • 2019 February 22, Jayne Dowle, A pod, a ‘shoffice’ or a garden room‎^[1]:

     This spring, is your fancy turning towards a delightful garden room? Whether it’s a place to hang out (or hide from the family), an art studio, a gymnasium, a home office or shoffice, or even occasional accommodation for visitors, these stylish domestic add-ons have never been so popular.

   • 2021 May 30, Joanna Partridge, Home working drives demand for ‘shoffice’ space in UK gardens‎^[2]:

     Cropping up at the bottom of gardens up and down the UK is the latest trend among the country’s home workers – the “shoffice”, an office in a shed.