Dictionary definition of “hillbilly chrome”

hillbilly chrome

n. duct tape; metallic (aerosol) paint. Also Alabama chrome, Arkansas chrome, Georgia chrome, ghetto chrome, Mexican chrome, redneck chrome, Tijuana chrome, Wisconsin chrome. Subjects: English, United States, Slang

Editorial Note: Usually jocular and mildly derogatory.

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Citations: 1997 [Intimidator] Usenet: alt.fan.red.green (May 28) “Re: duct tape use”: The duct tape is now 17 years old and still holding. It is truly the fabric of the gods. (Also known as Arkansas chrome.) 1997 [J. Phillips] Usenet: rec.sport.snowmobiles (June 18) “Re: Moth balls”: Take my advice, don’t waste your time with rags or hillbilly chrome (duct tape). 1998 [Gerald Kunferman] Usenet: alt.autos (May 4) “Re: Removing Dents”: Go get a estimate or cover it with duck tape (redneck chrome) silver by choice. 1999 [Kickstart] Usenet: rec.motorcycles.harley (Aug.23) “Re: Raise your Sporty bars almost for free!”: You can get some Mexican Chrome instead of the black paint, it’s real close on the same shelf at the store, sort of next to the silver paint section! 1999 Dan Aquilante New York Post (Sept. 17) “Uncharted Country—Hank Williams Iiiset To Make His Mark” p. 48: I still wear those to this day. Some old guy in Nashville even offered to buy me a new pair. I’ve had those eight years and there’s holes in them, hillbilly chrome [duct tape] on top, but the fit is right. I had a fight over those boots. 2000 [Tony Ingenoso] Usenet: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware (Mar. 30) “Re: Don’t go dissin’ my 90s!”: He won’t be able to use the blue air baffle, but maybe he can cobble one up out of pasteboard and Wisconsin Chrome (duct tape). 2000 [Mike Emery] Usenet: rec.sport.pro-wrestling.fantasy (Aug. 1) “[WRX]—[Saturday Night Rage!]”: MARK CLEVELAND: DUCT TAPE? What the hell is Duct Tape doing here? TOM WINSTON: Alabama Chrome! Stefan Waters begins to wrap the duct tape around the wrists of Sillege. 2000 [Richard Lipkus] Usenet: rec.audio.car (Sept. 28) “Re: OT (about window tint)”: IN the lot next to mine, was a 1991 red civic with what we call hillbilly chrome (spray on chrome, and chrome wheel wells) all over it. 2003 [Oldcarfart] Usenet: alt.autos.studebaker (July 16) “Re: 2004 International meet”: Don’t they sell “Ghetto Chrome” in an aerosol can at PepBoyz & Flaps? 2003 [Jerry Forreste] Usenet: alt.autos.studebaker (July 18) “Re: 2004 International meet”: “Maybe he kin get ya’ some of the ‘Georgia’ chrome!” “Yeah, I’ll run on down to K-Mart and get a couple cans and we’ll chrome plate that sucker.” 2004 Mike Griffith Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee) (May 1) “Brotherly love drives Pedregons” p. D1: It’s a Fiat with an engine up front that’s painted a silver my dad called “Mexican Chrome.” 2006 [Bill Marrs] Usenet: rec.crafts.metalworking (Apr. 4) “Re: What’s Wisconsin chrome (was C-5 crash)”: Tijuana Chrome…Silver paint.

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