Automobiles & Transportation Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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1-800 car n. Eventually, hot rods became street rods, what the unkind call “1-800” cars—assembled out of purpose-built, pre-engineered parts. With sparkling chrome and glistening paint, street rods tend to be a lot more show than go. [English Automobiles & Transportation Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 25, 2008)

3-1-1 n. The key point is that, in carry-on bags, each traveler is allowed no containers of liquids and gels larger than 3 ounces; everything must fit in a single one-quart bag; and there can be only one such bag per person. (The TSA shorthand for this is 3-1-1). [English Automobiles & Transportation] [full cite] (Nov. 22, 2006)

accountant n. The taxi drivers are catching on fast too.…An “accountant” collects the fares, provides change and squares up the money angle of the trip. This frees the driver to do his job without endangering the lives of the customers. In the past, fatal accidents were attributed to drivers making change or changing music tapes while driving at high speed. [English South Africa Automobiles & Transportation] [full cite] (Nov. 23, 2007)

ad car n. Hey Harry, I got a guy hot for an ad car (a cheap, optionless car heavily advertised to lure people in to buy a more expensive model). His old car’s got a few Ripley’s (old damage, badly repaired, from Ripley’s Believe it Or Not), but this guy’s hung (ready to sign the papers). [English Automobiles & Transportation Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 6, 2007)

al-box n. Seventy-eight fully grown men were fit in two police cars with the capacity of each only 10. Many Egyptian university students must know those cars quite well—they are referred to in Egypt by an English word borrowed into Arabic specifically for this usage: “al-box.” [Arabic English-derived Automobiles & Transportation] [full cite] (Sep. 14, 2004)

alligator n. In the summer, there are lots of retreads.…We refer to them as alligators because they’re heavy and have steel in the treads so they can bite you. [ Language English Subject Automobiles & Transportation] [full cite] (Dec. 27, 2005)

alligator n. Summertime on Interstate 81 can be dangerous. It’s alligator season.…Those “gators” aren’t wayward reptiles searching for a cool mudhole, but trucker lingo for tires or retreads that have flown off trucks and cars and are strewn about the roads. [ Language English Register Slang Subject Automobiles & Transportation] [full cite] (Dec. 28, 2005)

alligator n. He picks up a piece of rubber and flings it aside. In an instant, he is back to the safety of the grassy side strip. Again, he gauges the traffic and leaps onto the road to grab an “alligator.” [ Language English Register Slang Subject Automobiles & Transportation] [full cite] (Dec. 28, 2005)

alligator hide n. Sometimes, the tire fragments cause accidents. Damage to vehicles resulting from contact with flying “alligator hides”—or as a result of swerving to avoid them—is a common hazard of freeway driving. [ Language English Register Slang Subject Automobiles & Transportation] [full cite] (Dec. 28, 2005)

amber gambler n. I was driven to her place by fellow reggae fan, Ranking Mbalu, who I then discovered is an impatient driver…an amber gambler, if you will. Probably it was because of the few that we had hoisted in Mabvuku at what they call, in ghetto parlance, pump price (bottlestore price). [ Language English Place Zimbabwe Subject Automobiles & Transportation] [full cite] (Oct. 6, 2005)

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