A little help with terminology for the FNG...Please

Priceless.

Also handy for removing the tops from bottles of barley pops, and as a holder for recipie cards. Remember, ladies, if there is someone you want to know, show 'em the toe!

Here's a few more definitions:

BFH = big fucking hammer. The cause of and solution to so many automotive problems

Hot wrench = torch. The oxy-acetylene kind. Also called the blue wrench.

torch = flashlight, if you're in the UK

bonnet = a car's hood, if you're in the UK. Or what a guy should wear in the US if he wants to get his ass kicked at a biker bar.

fag = cigarette, if you're in the UK. Or, what the bikers will call you while they're beating the hell out of you for wearing a bonnet.

skirts = a car accessory that attaches to the fenders, covering the wheel opening. Or, what we say a guy is wearing here in the States if he has a kilt on.

wings = fenders in the UK.

red wings = something else.

taking the piss = something to do with being the butt of a joke in the UK. Here, it means that wasn't a bottle of Coors you just grabbed...

sheep dips = sheepskin seat covers. Or party favors if you're in Montana.

flake = metalflake. Or, a buyer on craigslist.

channeled = body drop if you're a late-model or mini truck guy.

old skool = a D in English class

rat rod = a term you don't want to use here too freely on the HAMB (I had to school a young guy about this today when he saw '27 Ford roadster with black primered body on a very nicely constructed and painted chassis)

Well, there's more, but other guys will have to type 'em.

-Bill

 

Holy Crap I havent laughed this hard in years.....it must be late

 

Fanny has a different meaning in Australia too

Boris you little over achiever you.

 

Fanny... hmmm, that's what our Mexican bros call 'la concha', isn't it?

I guess they didn't call those goofy little purse things guys strapped around their waist twenty years ago a 'fanny pack' there.

(also, what'cha doing in Jilin, Pete? I'd expect it's hard to find Panhead parts there!)

By the way, kind of derailing the thread: here's a terminology question only a six year old could answer. What is hairy on the outside, wet on the inside, starts with a "C", and ends with a "T"?



















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COCONUT

You dirty minded old farts!

BTW, X2 on not busting the OP; I hate it when some douche decides they'll try to make themselves look big by treating someone like a dumbass for not knowing some specialized jargon or arcane fact. And, yeah, I've been that 'someone'.

You'll eventually learn by osmosis, but it's a hell of a lot quicker to just ask!

-Bill

 

Oh, one more..

weed burners (1) = an early kind of exhaust with individual stacks, but the ends of the pipes pointed down or just kicked out to the side a bit. Good for getting grass out of the cracks of your driveway. The later 'zoomie' was the same basic idea, with the tubes bent up at the tips so that the force of the exhaust coming out of a blown fuel engine would actually keep the front of the car down.

weed burners (2) = the people you find at a NORML meeting or hempfest in Seattle

 

Her's another term.
FULACSS
Fucked Up Like A Chicken Soup Sandwich. When you chopped the top off your pristine '32 A bone and tried to graft on a Prius top for the aerodynamics. Usually caused by copious amounts of alcohol consumption. You can't go back, and you're screwed.

 

I'll use the word "frog" for the other 4 letter "f" word, here goes, "DILLIGAF" - does it look like I give a frog, " FUBAR" - frogged up beyond all recognition. My favorite, "WFO"- wide froggin open. See you at the drags

 

u can say fuck on this board

 

this is a good one!

 

huh........damn-it i fergot.
its like diarrhea, its in your genes.

 

Shaved - no door handles, door can be opened by activating a electric solenoid.
Tubbed - modifying the rearwheel well housings and narrowing the frame rails over
the rear axle to accommodate wider tires (refer to Pro Street, Pro Stock,
Gassers, etc.)
Flame Thrower - richening up the fuel exiting through the exhaust pipes and igniting
with a sparkplug installed at each tailpipe. Sometimes confused with
a term of someone who ate a bean burrito and a lighter.
Turd - vehicle with no value; wornout beyond repair. Also refer to the acronym
FUBAR.
C-ing - Removing a C-shaped section from the frame of a car over the front axle tp
gain additional clearance for axle travel with a lowered suspension.
Gennie - slang for "genuine"; original, factory produced parts or same as the term
"NOS".
Lowboy - A pre-1935 hot rod whose fenders have been removed and whose body has
been channeled over the frame rails.
Rail - old skool slang for dragster. Also called a "slingshot"
Seasick - A feeling looking at shiny cars with wavy bodywork.
Porting and Polishing - removing material or opening up ports in the heads of a engine
usually to match the openings of the intake gaskets, then,
polishing the ports in the heads to increase air flow.
Louvers - small, evenly spaced vents punched into the body panels of a car. Louvers
can have an aesthetic appeal along with a functional purpose of improved
engine cooling (if done on a hood).
...I could go on and on...I'll stop here.

 

Now thats funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

'32 A bone is not a term that should be used on this site either! or the Prius!

 

Three on the tree?

 

Column shifted manual transmission.

 

NOS=New Old Stock (supposed to be original never used parts in new condition) not to be confused with NOS (NAWS) nitrous oxide
OE= Original Equipment
GMC is General Motors Corporation, not Chevrolet (the rest is good)
Mouse=SBC= small block chevy V8
Rat=BBC= Big block Chevy V8
Whale= Early (1950s) hemi
Elephant=mid (1964-1971) 426 hemi
'glide=GM powerglide 2 speed auto trans
OD=Olive Drab (army color) or overdrive

Heat wrench has been covered, but there is also
Yellow Death=weatherstrip adhesive and
200MPH tape/duck (sic) tape/duct tape/silver tape.

Bowtie=Chevy
Blue Oval=Ford
Mopar=MOtor PARts=DDCP=Dodge, Desoto, Chrysler, Plymouth.

 

What the hell does the "btt" and "bump" replies mean on FOR SALE ads?

 

bump to the top = "My ad fell off the page, this new post puts it at the top"

 

LOLQTM!!!!


laffin out loud quietly to myself

 

funny thread and got some quesions answered

 

this put a smile on my face!

 

hey kewl quit churching it up! tell the kid how it really is

WFO=wide fucken open!
WTF=what the fuck?
FUBAR comes from early hot rodders who served in WWII = fucked up beyond all reason!
dizzy= distributor

 

How in tha'hell !!!! Did You get ALLTHAT IN..................W/o TIMING OUT?????

Bumpstick = Camshaft
Diggin'out = Spinnin' wheels pulling out......Burning Rubber.......Peelin' out!
Slammed= Lowered....Onthaa' GROUND
Hammered= Chopped Top.....Removing metal from roof Supports

Thank YOU..........Very Much! Thank You.

Someone in Tenn Hillbillies C.C., PM ME. Smokin'

 

Gotta say everyone is awsome at helping a younger and or greener Rodder out, haven't read all the posts on this one yet but very happy to see the great terms you all have given! And alway remember there is nothing wrong with asking questions how else are you going to learn. Thanks for posting this one KopyKat I even learned some new terms off this one!

 

hey..did anyone mention P.O.S?

 

Point of Sale?????? Sorry... Worked in retail for a short spell.

 

I always thought gennie meant generator.....that's how batteries were charged before the more efficient alternators came along.

 

Dizzy....what they got when they touched the wires while the engine was running..

I can't use that term...It's my daughters nickname......

 

Not so much terminology but still a question about traditional lake racers or lake racers back in the day. What did the number followed by a letter mean? ie. In the Duece of Spades, the Duece has 32c on the side. I figure the 32 is the year but what does the letter signify?
Thanks guys!