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QueenKombi


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Hope someone can help me with this, because it's got me beat!

Today after donating blood, I was reading a 4x4 magazine and one of the writers made reference to a vehicle using the slang name of "disco." I know what a "lux" is, but I've never heard the word disco used before.

I read quite a bit of the magazine and 'disco' got a mention a couple of times, but never an explanation. I suppose they assume everybody that reads their mag is into off-roading and already knows what  disco is. I was going to ask the guy at the parts place where I bought a second hand tow bar today, but I didn't want to look like a dumb female.



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Disco is short for landrover discovery according to hubby

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sucastja wrote:

Disco is short for landrover discovery according to hubby

 Ahh. Thanks you. That makes sense, but I never would have though of itbiggrin



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I quite often refer to my Patrol as "the Datto"

When I was growing up there were heaps of Datsuns about..180B...120Y....1200 utes....J15 1 tonners...but as time went on Datsun morphed into Nissan outright....even tho it was always the Nissan Motor Co that made Datsuns.

I always get quizzical looks from some when I refer to it as such tho.....

 

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I remember calling Datsuns - "Dattos" Keith - they used to call Fords "Henry" as well!



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To me, 4WDs are LandCrawlers. I'd say 99% of them spend their entire lives hauling home groceries over flat bitumen and never go off-road except when they mount the kerb or chug up or down the owner's driveway.


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Pajero's are often referred to as my Parj, Toyota Landcruisers as Cruisers and Land Rovers as landys

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www.urbandictionary.com/define.php

1. Pajero
Spanish slang word meaning "He who fiddles with himself for sexual gratification'.


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I nicknamed my rig PJ, short for Pride and Joy, but this morning I also realized it's short for pajamas hehe. That's a worry.

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Landcruiser can be called tojo.

Back when ford started to see nissan patrols as mavericks, we labled them as fraud patrols.



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Volkswagen was known as V- Dub.



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herbie wrote:

Volkswagen was known as V- Dub.

 The air cooled ones were, are still are often called "dak-daks" due to the noise the engines makesmile



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justcruisin01 wrote:

Landcruiser can be called tojo.

Back when ford started to see nissan patrols as mavericks, we labled them as fraud patrols.

 

The name Tojo comes from the name of the Jap (Japanese) Prime Minister during WW2
Peter

 



-- Edited by Ontos45 on Friday 11th of October 2013 10:59:49 AM

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Ford/Holden panel vans were always referred to as Sin Bin and the Falcon station wagon with the imitation wood panelling along the side was known as a Woody.



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