单词 | pimpmobile |
释义 | pimpmobile in British English (ˈpɪmpməˌbiːl) noun informal a large expensive car that is showy in a vulgar way, of the kind a pimp might be expected to drive pimpmobile in American English (ˈpɪmpmouˌbil, -mə-) noun slang a large, expensive, and ostentatious or vulgarly ornate automobile, typically one painted in bright colors and fitted out with a lavish or overelaborate interior Word origin [1970–75, Amer.; pimp + -mobile]This word is first recorded in the period 1970–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: New Age, consciousness-raising, postmodernism, stress test, urban legend-mobile is a combining form extracted from automobile, occurring as the final element in compounds denoting specialized types of motorizedconveyances (snowmobile); it is esp. productive in coinages naming vehicles equipped to procure or deliverobjects, provide services, etc., to people without regular access to these (bloodmobile; bookmobile; clubmobile; jazzmobile) |
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