A critical term for a micro studio "its cozy" apartment. Particularly ones in cities where land value increased so much that old buildings sub divide prior units.
I've never been lived on the East Coast but the term also applies in San Francisco (maybe Honolulu) - not LA (home) or Sea. I pay 2.5k for 500 feet^2 so I walk to stuff, reach stuff my pad without walking, being near the wimonz, and my job.
They exist in Asia/Europe too but they don't am-English there so they use a different word, I assume.
1) Hate roommates? Can't afford Penthouse? Shoebox.
2) You should come out here to the Midwest and you won't have to live in a shoebox.
A substituted word for 'cool' used by people looking for another synonym for the word. It comes from the fact that 'ccol' in German is 'locker' and a locker in English is a box for shoes.
Riccy: I just found a tree that looks like a urinal!
Zettlen: Shoebox!