car crashn.

Brit.

/ˈkɑː kraʃ/, U.S.

/ˈkɑr ˌkræʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: car n.¹, crash n.¹

Etymology: < car n.¹ + crash n.¹

1. A car accident.Now usually applied only to accidents involving motor cars, but formerly also used of those involving railway cars.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > collision or accident

car accident1834

street accident1835

accident1836

smash-up1856

car crash1877

car wreck1877

motor accident1910

wreck1912

crash1917

rollover1955

prang1959

shunt1959

1877 Daily Constit. (Atlanta, Georgia) 3 June A car crash... Four passenger boxes were crushed on the Lehigh Valley road.

1910 Locomotive Engin. Jrnl. Nov. 980/2 Right on top of these two wrecks comes the report that 40 die in a car crash two miles north of Staunton, Ill.

1950 Pop. Sci. July 82/2 The right front seat—the death seat—the seat occupied by 68 out of every 100 victims in fatal car crashes.

1988 J. Bibee Only Game in Town 33 I was in a car crash too... A drunk driver ran through a red light and hit us.

2009 Daily Post (N. Wales) (Nexis) 23 May 6 Grieving relatives of three teenagers killed in a horrific car crash spoke of their anguish after a drink driver admitted killing them when he smashed into a tree.

2. figurative. Something which is disastrous, messy, chaotic, or embarrassing, esp. in a manner which compels one's attention. Frequently with of.

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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder

feery-fary1535

puddle1587

bauchle1600

vertigo1702

whemmel1817

mull1821

mix-up1841

scrimmage1852

embroilment1856

hash-up1860

brangle1865

mucker1867

unplight1876

car wreck1877

mix1882

mess-up1902

stirabout1905

pot mess1914

boorach1928

balls-up1929

muck-up1930

balls1938

box1941

Chinese fire drill1943

snafu1943

foul-up1944

screw-up1950

snarl-up1960

tiswas1960

bumble-bath1965

clusterfuck1969

headfuck1983

car crash1992

katogo1994

dumpster fire2008

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > a bungle

miscarriage1590

bungle1656

bumble1823

boggle1834

muff1867

car wreck1877

mismove1877

miscue1882

muddle1884

bobble1887

mess-up1902

floater1913

bollock1919

fluff1928

balls-up1929

muck-up1930

balls1938

snafu1943

foul-up1944

fuck-up1949

clusterfuck1969

car crash1992

dumpster fire2008

omnishambles2009

1992 USA Today 16 Oct. 1 b/3 IBM has slashed its manufacturing capacity a whopping 40% since 1989... ‘It's a car crash in slow motion that's going to last for two to three more years.’

1993 Musical Times Jan. 53/3 John Mayer's embarrassing Kriti, a cross-cultural car crash of a piece mixing tanpuras with Brideshead revisited, was simply dreadful.

2001 M. Blake 24 Karat Schmooze vii. 72 He read out the label in a French accent that was a car crash of aspirated vowels and glottal stops.

2007 R. Coleman Mommy by Mistake (2009) 268 You are..far, far too nice and kind to get involved with me and my car crash of a life.

Compounds

Chiefly British (in sense 2).

a. attributive. Designating television that is considered to be gratuitously shocking or sensational, or of embarrassingly poor quality (in terms of dialogue, acting, etc.).

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1993 Daily Mail 16 Jan. 35/4 He knows that millions of TV fans..love the tackiness of this so-called ‘car crash television’, although he's not entirely sure why.

1995 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 June 13 Channel 4 was yesterday reminded that car-crash television is not without its drawbacks when The Word was issued with a formal warning by the Independent Television Commission.

2009 A. Field Discovering Statistics (ed. 3) xiii. 463 It's cruel, voyeuristic, gratuitous, car crash TV, and I love it.

b. General attributive.

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1997 Select June 119/4 Add to that..the car-crash spectacle of his xenophobia..and not going down the pub suddenly becomes a viable proposition.

2002 A. Holmes Sleb ii. 16 It's the English version of Jerry Springer, where guests with car-crash private lives are ferried on to make the rest of us feel happier about ours.

2007 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 Feb. 3 The star, once nearly as famed for her car-crash fashion sense as for her vocal talents.

2010 Scotsman (Nexis) 28 Sept. 68 The club's own official website did not mince its words when describing the defeat a day earlier as a ‘car crash performance’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	car crash
释义	car crashn. Brit. /ˈkɑː kraʃ/, U.S. /ˈkɑr ˌkræʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: car n.¹, crash n.¹ Etymology: < car n.¹ + crash n.¹ 1. A car accident.Now usually applied only to accidents involving motor cars, but formerly also used of those involving railway cars. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > collision or accident car accident1834 street accident1835 accident1836 smash-up1856 car crash1877 car wreck1877 motor accident1910 wreck1912 crash1917 rollover1955 prang1959 shunt1959 1877 Daily Constit. (Atlanta, Georgia) 3 June A car crash... Four passenger boxes were crushed on the Lehigh Valley road. 1910 Locomotive Engin. Jrnl. Nov. 980/2 Right on top of these two wrecks comes the report that 40 die in a car crash two miles north of Staunton, Ill. 1950 Pop. Sci. July 82/2 The right front seat—the death seat—the seat occupied by 68 out of every 100 victims in fatal car crashes. 1988 J. Bibee Only Game in Town 33 I was in a car crash too... A drunk driver ran through a red light and hit us. 2009 Daily Post (N. Wales) (Nexis) 23 May 6 Grieving relatives of three teenagers killed in a horrific car crash spoke of their anguish after a drink driver admitted killing them when he smashed into a tree. 2. figurative. Something which is disastrous, messy, chaotic, or embarrassing, esp. in a manner which compels one's attention. Frequently with of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder feery-fary1535 puddle1587 bauchle1600 vertigo1702 whemmel1817 mull1821 mix-up1841 scrimmage1852 embroilment1856 hash-up1860 brangle1865 mucker1867 unplight1876 car wreck1877 mix1882 mess-up1902 stirabout1905 pot mess1914 boorach1928 balls-up1929 muck-up1930 balls1938 box1941 Chinese fire drill1943 snafu1943 foul-up1944 screw-up1950 snarl-up1960 tiswas1960 bumble-bath1965 clusterfuck1969 headfuck1983 car crash1992 katogo1994 dumpster fire2008 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > a bungle miscarriage1590 bungle1656 bumble1823 boggle1834 muff1867 car wreck1877 mismove1877 miscue1882 muddle1884 bobble1887 mess-up1902 floater1913 bollock1919 fluff1928 balls-up1929 muck-up1930 balls1938 snafu1943 foul-up1944 fuck-up1949 clusterfuck1969 car crash1992 dumpster fire2008 omnishambles2009 1992 USA Today 16 Oct. 1 b/3 IBM has slashed its manufacturing capacity a whopping 40% since 1989... ‘It's a car crash in slow motion that's going to last for two to three more years.’ 1993 Musical Times Jan. 53/3 John Mayer's embarrassing Kriti, a cross-cultural car crash of a piece mixing tanpuras with Brideshead revisited, was simply dreadful. 2001 M. Blake 24 Karat Schmooze vii. 72 He read out the label in a French accent that was a car crash of aspirated vowels and glottal stops. 2007 R. Coleman Mommy by Mistake (2009) 268 You are..far, far too nice and kind to get involved with me and my car crash of a life. Compounds Chiefly British (in sense 2). a. attributive. Designating television that is considered to be gratuitously shocking or sensational, or of embarrassingly poor quality (in terms of dialogue, acting, etc.). ΚΠ 1993 Daily Mail 16 Jan. 35/4 He knows that millions of TV fans..love the tackiness of this so-called ‘car crash television’, although he's not entirely sure why. 1995 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 June 13 Channel 4 was yesterday reminded that car-crash television is not without its drawbacks when The Word was issued with a formal warning by the Independent Television Commission. 2009 A. Field Discovering Statistics (ed. 3) xiii. 463 It's cruel, voyeuristic, gratuitous, car crash TV, and I love it. b. General attributive. ΚΠ 1997 Select June 119/4 Add to that..the car-crash spectacle of his xenophobia..and not going down the pub suddenly becomes a viable proposition. 2002 A. Holmes Sleb ii. 16 It's the English version of Jerry Springer, where guests with car-crash private lives are ferried on to make the rest of us feel happier about ours. 2007 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 Feb. 3 The star, once nearly as famed for her car-crash fashion sense as for her vocal talents. 2010 Scotsman (Nexis) 28 Sept. 68 The club's own official website did not mince its words when describing the defeat a day earlier as a ‘car crash performance’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1877
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