ricer
- noun
- /ˈraɪsər/
- Offensive
:
tuneador (despectivo, jerga)
- She was criticized as a ricer because her car had more stickers than actual performance modifications.
Examples
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I kicked my own ass for being a ricer and started doing things right.
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You can find replacement marker lights in the 'ricer' section of most auto parts stores that are LED clusters, which would save a significant amount of power over the old style, but will cost significantly more on the front end for purchase.
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Many car enthusiasts joke about their friends being a ricer for adding flashy decals instead of upgrading the engine.
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His shiny rims and neon lights made him a classic ricer in the eyes of serious car performance fans.
Surface Forms
Morphology
ricer = rice (opaque) = rice + er
Although the form suggests 'rice' + '-er', the slang sense depends on a specialized pejorative use of 'rice' that is not compositionally recoverable for most learners.
Etymology
Ricer in car slang comes from the older phrase rice burner, once used for some imported small cars, and it now means someone who adds loud, showy parts to make a car look faster without improving its real power, so ricer is a negative word for changing a car only for looks.
