car brain
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A supposed condition suffered by someone who believes in the superiority of cars as a means of transport, at the expense of bicycles and public transit.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "But it's probably inevitable that, as I plod through the Middle East, Asia and the Americas over the next six years, I'll become increasingly alienated from the growing bulk of humanity afflicted by Car Brain."
- "The commission approved the proposal Thursday, delighting transit activists and drawing the ire of motorists who worry about increased congestion and competition for parking. Bauters, who characterizes these opinions as "car brain," dresses down his opponents at meetings."
- "For me, a big one is: what kind of people-centered mobility improvements could we make if we weren't suffering from a bad case of car brain? What kind of investments would actually accrue real benefits for our city rather than continue to cost us over time?"
- "carbrains don't care about the actual science behind the arguments - they just want to sit in their cars"