cock-o-meter
n.— «I even have a name for such a device: a cock-o-meter. The idea being that it would process an image of your face, your hair and your clothes, and marry this information to the sort of car you’re driving. You’d then be given a score out of 10.» —“Ferrari 275 GTS (1964)” by Jeremy Clarkson Times (United Kingdom) July 1, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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