Friday 18th January 2002

Knobby Motoring Words

Oxford English Dictionary omits essential motoring terminology from latest edition...

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[kevinday]

Absolutely brilliant Ted, spot on (as always).

[JMGS4]

Ted, Brilliant! The one you missed:
poubelle plastique (French: plastic rubbish-bun) any french car..........

[DIGGA]

Ted, very well observed mate.

But I think you should brush up on your 'stereotyping' - you incorrectly spelled 'dwivilwunhundrard'.

Marcus
& Ocean Haze Griff 500

[dan]

LMTO

[Nick M (nmilton)]

LMAO !!

Nice one Ted - a grand start to a Friday !!

[shayes]

drivelwunhundrard (driv'il'wun'undr'd) noun (orig: Mike Brewer). The assessment of a car based on fatuous categories and a scoring system based on flawed arithmetic and an obsession with jelly and cobblestones.

MONSTA!

[Neil Menzies]

Another ommision:

quote:publictransport (bus) noun, [Old Saxon]. Dirty, slow means of travelling between fixed locations nowhere near your home.

Should be annotated as archaic, no longer in current use.

[DIGGA]

Might I suggest the addition of:

Fannymagnet (fan eee mag net) noun. [Origin - pub conversation], a vehicle capable of endowing the driver with a mystical and inexplicable increase in interest from females. Exact type depends on prey; cheap slappers, Nova bolt-on special; expensive slappers (a.k.a. fur coat & no knickers) BMW.


Marcus
& Ocean Haze Griff 500

[thom]

LOL






thom, the dreadful French who spreads dreadful ideas among the oh-so-nice and politically correct PHland

[den]

Excellent work from his Tedness !

[philshort]

Geeza!

Phil

[stig]

Bastart - you actually made me laugh

(new acronym - BMML - Bastard Made Me Laugh: see SCITBOMT)

www.locost-racing.com

Car No. 13

[hertsbiker]

Ted's most excellent article. Ok, I've chuckled at a few before, but brilliant observation mate.

C

[Tabs]

Expert. Ex is a hasbeen. Spurt, a drip under pressure.

[M@H]

I really enjoyed that one..

Cheers

[Bruce Fielding]

Hear, hear. Cracked me up, Ted. Thank you for enlivening an otherwise interminable Friday afternoon

[Steve _T]

Superb.

[smeagol]

excellent Ted

[Marshy]

May I repsectfully suggest:-

hoon (hoon) verb, [Orig. antipodean]. To drive with vigour, with possible excursions into caning. Note that the following are outside the scope of hooning: large, lostit, lunched. Ballast may however be a contributing factor in hoonage. See also Cheshire cat.

Edited by Marshy on Friday 18th January 20:57

[JSG]

He he he - brilliant.

May I suggest this one (ripped off from someone elses post)

Treacle (orig - crs: treacle tart) tasty adornment to the passenger seat of a sports car. May get sticky following fast driving or 'larging it'.

Cheers,
Ballast.