lap-cutter
n.— «The driver, known to police as a regular CBD “lap-cutter,” was taken to hospital after the car he was driving launched more than a metre above the Kepler and Lava streets roundabout.…Police said the incident highlighted the growing concern at the “crew of constant lap-cutters” relentlessly driving around the inner-city streets.…“It was disappointing to see that immediately after the accident many of the vehicles that are known to frequent the CBD on a Friday and Saturday night attended the scene.”» —“Lap-cutter flies away” by Alex Johnson Warrnambool Standard (Victoria, Australia) Aug. 13, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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