J-car
n.— «The souped-up Japanese autos—J-cars, as they’re called—first appeared on American streets a decade or so ago.» —“Fast, but Not Furious” by David Lansing Los Angeles Times Feb. 19, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Colin from Los Angeles, California, is pondering the expression make no bones about it, which suggests the speaker is talking or acting with no hesitation whatsoever. The saying is inspired by the idea of literally finding bones in one’s food, since...
In Japanese, the word san (さん) means “three” and kyuu (きゅう) means “nine.” Said together, the words sound like English “thank you,” so back in the 1990s, when pagers were all the rage among Japanese teens, typing 999 was a quick way to punningly...