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

Entries in the Category Automobiles & Transportation

Automotive, automobiles, cars, racing, motorcycles, trains, railways, bicycles, wheels, rails, tires, air travel, bikes, etc. See also the Aviation category. You can also see citations assigned to this category.

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oil-spot v. to accidentally leave behind a member of a touring company or road show, especially in the form to get oil-spotted. (posted Nov. 20, 2006) [full entry…]

phoneslaughter n. vehicular manslaughter caused by use of a cell phone while driving. (posted Jan. 27, 2006) [full entry…]

pickle park n. a public area, such as a park or roadside rest stop, where sexual liaisons between men are said to take place; in trucking, any roadside rest area. (posted Jun. 5, 2007) [full entry…]

pirata n. an unlicensed taxi; a gypsy cab. (posted Nov. 22, 2004) [full entry…]

puffer n. an automobile left unattended and running in cold weather. (posted Jan. 28, 2005) [full entry…]

red light fever n. 1. excitement or unusual behavior when confronting a recording device, specifically: nervousness, giddiness, or talkativeness in front of a live microphone or video camera; the desiring or seeking of media attention. 2. in vehicles, a tendency to have a false start during a race; to run a red light. (posted Oct. 30, 2006) [full entry…]

redwash n. a series of repeated victories of the Ferrari Formula 1 car racing team, with driver Michael Schumacher, to the exclusion of almost all other teams. (posted Jul. 15, 2004) [full entry…]

reward car n. an (extravagant, frivolous, or impractical) automobile purchased as a gift to oneself when financial or personal goals have been achieved. (posted Jul. 5, 2005) [full entry…]

road diet n. the reduction of a roadway’s width or lanes, intended to change traffic patterns. (posted Nov. 18, 2004) [full entry…]

rock rental n. an automobile loaned in exchange for crack cocaine. (posted Oct. 6, 2005) [full entry…]

scarlet letter n. a license plate that indicates the automobile’s owner has been convicted of driving while drunk. (posted Jun. 22, 2005) [full entry…]

scraper n. an automobile, especially a large, unfashionable passenger vehicle that has been customized. (posted Nov. 8, 2004) [full entry…]

set down v. phr. to crash a motorcycle while riding it by dropping from a vertical attitude into a horizontal slide. (posted Jun. 11, 2004) [full entry…]

sharrow n. an arrow-like design painted on a roadway to mark a bicycling route. (posted Nov. 14, 2006) [full entry…]

skylab n. a motorbike fitted with a horizontal board at back that can seat several passengers across. (posted May. 31, 2007) [full entry…]

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