"Other" number 1 = I've never heard this term before, so wouldn't think anything. If pushed, I'd guess something like "someone who is obsessed with helicopters."
"Other" number 2 = This is a term I've only ever heard in a Top Gear context. I couldn't pin it down to exactly what aspect of car enthusiasm it refers to.
"Performance car," by the way, gives me an image of cars in sequins, dancing in chorus lines.
Allow me to reciprocate, if possible. Whenever I hear the phrase "drag racing", I always have a mental image of gentlemen in little black dresses, feather boas, exotic makeup and high heels teetering along a race track at great speed, trying manfully not to sprain their ankles.
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philmophlegm) wrote2010-04-08 10:58 am
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"Other" number 1 = I've never heard this term before, so wouldn't think anything. If pushed, I'd guess something like "someone who is obsessed with helicopters."
"Other" number 2 = This is a term I've only ever heard in a Top Gear context. I couldn't pin it down to exactly what aspect of car enthusiasm it refers to.
"Performance car," by the way, gives me an image of cars in sequins, dancing in chorus lines.
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Allow me to reciprocate, if possible. Whenever I hear the phrase "drag racing", I always have a mental image of gentlemen in little black dresses, feather boas, exotic makeup and high heels teetering along a race track at great speed, trying manfully not to sprain their ankles.
Some mental images are more mental than others.
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I've certainly heard it used on Top Gear. The word "petrol" suggests an English rather than American English derivation.
Not sure what phrase to use other than "performance car".