So you want to be a hot rodder? You're ready to amass parts, tools, and... Whoa there, big fella!... The 1st step is learning the lingo... Here's a handy hot rod dictionary A-Bone: Model A Ford... also a-gift for a-dog Bored: frequent complaint of wife/girlfriend at car show Blower: lawn maintenance device... used to earn money for supercharger Channel: what to change... if 'American Hot Rod' comes on TV Dago axle: short for: "San Diego axle" note: avoid using word "Dago" around Italian rodders Deuce: hot rod slang for 1932 Ford.... also bathroom slang for "going number 2" example: "I gotta drop a deuce" Flathead: garage injury... caused by Harbor Freight jackstands Four-Banger: technique used... by wife/girlfriend to lure you out of garage Frenching: prelude to a four-banger... example: "he frenched her headlights" Gasser: exhaust fumes from a Burrito Supreme... example: "Don't blame me... that was Willy's Gasser" Hiboy: car show greeting... from female admiring your rod Jigglers: what you admire... about this female Jugs: see "Jigglers" Lowboy: you, after wife/girfriend brains you... with tire iron for admiring those jiggler jugs Mill: what car show crowd does... while wife/girlfriend brains you with tire iron Nerf: material you wished... your wife/girlfriend's tire iron was made from Ported: opposite of imported... Quickchange: what your underwear needs... after seeing the Halibrand swap meet prices Rat Rod: carefully assembled car using traditional 1950s techniques... tack welds, carpenter's nails, glue, zip ties, velcro, smeared feces, the kitchen sink and midnight demolition derbys at the Pick N Pull. Also what non-rodders will call your car... Examples: "Cool rat rod!" and "Is that a rat rod?" Relieved: how Willy felt... after getting rid of that gasser Section: what wife/girlfriend will do to you... if she sees all those parts receipts Shoebox: where to hide parts receipts... from wife/girlfriend Split Wishbones: method for deciding... who pays the bill at "Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles" Stroke: what wife/girlfriend has... after finding your parts receipt shoebox Suicide perch: probably a good option... if wife/girlfriend find the receipts Three pot: triple carb intake manifold... also describes a deluxe Tennessee outhouse Toploader: manual transmission with shift rails on top... also refers to the toilet/outhouse. examples: "He dropped a toploader into the deuce" or "He dropped a deuce into the toploader" Tuck & Roll: emergency procedure... after igniting yourself with an acetelyne torch X-Member: the guy... who can't pay his car club dues Z'ing: sleeping.... example: "after she found his parts receipts, he ended up z'ing in his rod" ------------------------------------------------------------ not sure of the author but found this here: http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2007/07/parlez-vous-hot.html I did some editing... Feel free to add/subtract....
Funny shit, I got one of those scars from my harbor freight jack stands..And my wife is forever looking for my shoebox. Cheers
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