A rare, humorous, and deliberately archaic-sounding slang term for an automobile. Typically used in a jokey, old-fashioned register — someone using "automocar" is playing at affected formality or gentle mockery of the earnest early-20th-century vocabulary around motor vehicles. It is not in widespread contemporary use and is more of a comedic affectation than genuine slang. Its humor comes from sounding slightly wrong in a recognizable way.
He referred to his beat-up 1994 Civic as his "automocar" and refused to call it anything else.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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A rare, humorous, and intentionally absurd variation of automobile, blending standard automotive vocabulary with a mock-archaic or comedic suffix. Used for deliberate comic effect rather than genuine description. Found occasionally in period humor writing and parody contexts. Not in active circulation in contemporary speech; primarily of historical curiosity or novelty value. It appears most often in parodic or mock-pompous registers where the speaker wants to signal that they are playing with the language rather than using it straight.
He referred to his battered hatchback as his trusty automocar whenever he wanted a laugh.
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(slang, rare, humorous) An automobile.
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