Freecyclers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. People who take part in a freecycle network, giving away unwanted items to others and collecting things offered for free
2. Participants in a community exchange where surplus goods are passed on at no cost to anyone who can use them
3. Those who belong to freecycling groups, sharing or receiving secondhand belongings instead of throwing them away

Etymology: "Freecyclers" is the plural of "freecycler," a person who takes part in Freecycle, a network of online groups where people give away unwanted items for free instead of throwing them out. The word is built from "free" and "cycler," with "cycle" pointing to the recycling idea behind the movement: an object gets a second life rather than ending up as waste. Its plural follows the regular English pattern of adding "-s."