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

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baulk v. The guys in the Cadillac were known to him as serial baulkers (as in baulking insurance companies), and they earned a living—sort of—by ploughing their battering-ram Cadi into the soft areas of cars being used by wholly legal drivers such as me.…Illegal baulking is such a big industry in the States that some of the offenders are funded and encouraged by wealthy criminal bosses and unscrupulous legal professionals to go out in old bangers and deliberately create “accidents” [English Automobiles & Transportation Crime & Prisons] [full cite] (Jan. 17, 2006)

BC wheel n. And Shane Hope, an artist who lives in Brooklyn, glided by on what he called a BC wheel, which is essentially a unicycle without a seat or pedals. [English Automobiles & Transportation Pastimes & Hobbies Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 3, 2007)

beam blade n. What about your wiper blades? We are seeing fewer cars with blades in brackets that resemble a bridge. Snow has a way of jamming the bracket hinges, leaving only a narrow contact patch with the windshield. Winter blades that prevent this are essentially regular blades with a thin rubber overcoat to keep the snow out. More blades have an internal tensioning system to keep them in contact with the curve of the glass. Sometimes these are called beam blades as they resemble an I-beam. [English Automobiles & Transportation] [full cite] (Nov. 3, 2008)

bear jam n. The driver of the SUV stopped and jumped out, leaving the door open and blocking the one-lane road as he chased with his camera after the black furry figure ambling through a field of golden grasses.…“Bear jams”—or “bar jams” in local parlance—are common on the 11-mile, one-way loop road through the Cades Cove section of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, although rangers would prefer that you don’t block the road or hassle the wildlife. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Automobiles & Transportation] [full cite] (Jul. 11, 2006)

bendy bus n. One of the 19-metre-long Swansea Metro vehicles—or bendy buses as they have become known—was parked up on The Kingsway in the city centre yesterday for a drop-in surgery. [English United Kingdom Automobiles & Transportation] [full cite] (Nov. 3, 2008)

Big 3 Family n. Clarence’s was what people in Michigan call a “Big 3 Family,” meaning family members worked for Ford, General Motors or Chrysler. [English Automobiles & Transportation] [full cite] (Apr. 5, 2005)

big red truck n. “I figured it was just a matter of time before somebody came running out of the big red truck with a box full of plates,” said crew chief Todd Parrott, using the garage area parlance for NASCAR’s headquarters. [English Automobiles & Transportation Entertainment] [full cite] (Oct. 11, 2006)

black plate n. This impulse to crush manifested itself at first in remote control cars before it found expression in karts. Novice racers begin in what is known as the black plate category. Drivers are required to complete six races before progressing to the next level. [English Automobiles & Transportation Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Mar. 19, 2007)

black spot n. The motoring association has criticized the traffic authorities for not installing speed traps at the province’s “black spots” where they might be expected to reduce the number of accidents. [English Automobiles & Transportation Urban Planning & Zoning Jargon] [full cite] (May. 18, 2006)

block bombing n. Cold comfort as it may be, hooning is not an exclusively Brisbane problem. In Hobart, hoons do what is called “block bombing” where they roar around the CBD block. [English Australia Automobiles & Transportation New or Nonce] [full cite] (Aug. 28, 2007)

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