"So you got a new whip" - Page 2

clanky · 07-20-2016, 08:20 AM

Ya it actually started back in the horse and wagon days. Whip was used to "steer" the wagon and horses around. Pretty interesting really.. so ya _really_ old school I would suppose.

Eugene onegin · 07-20-2016, 08:20 AM

Will Castro ?

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Originally Posted by elpatofeo

My neighbor came up to me and said "so you got a new whip, huh? Looks nice...since when is a new car called "whip"? Where or how did this word become slang for car?

Slang now days! Hard to understand these terms.

WhyUMad1LE · 07-20-2016, 08:37 AM

Is your neighbor a rapper?

elpatofeo · 07-20-2016, 08:43 AM

WOW this term is really 15 years old? First time I heard was a couple of days ago. My daughter is 14 and she has never called it a "wip". I figured she would know this term.

elpatofeo · 07-20-2016, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by WhyUMad1LE

Is your neighbor a rapper?

He is not a rapper, he is African American though. Coolest neighbor ever.

MLL67RSSS · 07-20-2016, 09:04 AM

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Whip

Whip
When the steering wheel was first put into use in automobiles, it was called the "whip". The whip is what you used to control the horses on a stagecoach, hence the analogy. Many years later, various hip hop artists noticed that the Mercedes-Benz logo resembled a steering wheel. They then proceeded to use the old term "whip" to describe any Mercedes-Benz vehicle. The term has now been generalized to classify any expensive automobile.

moonrider · 07-20-2016, 09:41 AM

How long have you lived in Cali and you never heard that before?

elpatofeo · 07-20-2016, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by moonrider

How long have you lived in Cali and you never heard that before?

I've lived in Cali for over 30 years.....LOL. There is a first time for everything. Minus the one year I lived in Phoenix, AZ.

SSSHYBOY · 07-20-2016, 09:59 AM

Forty years... BUT; I was old forty years ago

elpatofeo · 07-20-2016, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by MLL67RSSS

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Whip

Whip
When the steering wheel was first put into use in automobiles, it was called the "whip". The whip is what you used to control the horses on a stagecoach, hence the analogy. Many years later, various hip hop artists noticed that the Mercedes-Benz logo resembled a steering wheel. They then proceeded to use the old term "whip" to describe any Mercedes-Benz vehicle. The term has now been generalized to classify any expensive automobile.

Makes sense....it still trips me out though. I guess I need to catch up with my slang.

Marty McFlew · 07-20-2016, 10:21 AM

Well, either that or he could have said...."Oh what a lovely car you have".

Techn9cian805 · 07-20-2016, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by elpatofeo

Makes sense....it still trips me out though. I guess I need to catch up with my slang.

"trips me out"? what? watch your step!

slang is something that will always evolve, don't worry about keeping up with it

JLSuperfly · 07-20-2016, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by moonrider

How long have you lived in Cali and you never heard that before?

I am 41 and lived in California all my life. I never heard the term before.

SPARTAN sui · 07-20-2016, 11:31 AM

Wow, TIL. I had no idea whip went back that far.

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elpatofeo LawBraker Drives: 10 SIM 2LT/RS & 2016 1SS Hyper Blue Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Fresno, CA. Posts: 910 View My Garage	WOW this term is really 15 years old? First time I heard was a couple of days ago. My daughter is 14 and she has never called it a "wip". I figured she would know this term. __________________

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SSSHYBOY Drives: 2SS convertible, black,black Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Glendale, Ca Posts: 450	Forty years... BUT; I was old forty years ago __________________ A little known fact. Women with extra pounds, tend to live longer than men who mention it.

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MLL67RSSS Account Suspended Drives: car Join Date: May 2008 Location: location Posts: 1,574	http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Whip Whip When the steering wheel was first put into use in automobiles, it was called the "whip". The whip is what you used to control the horses on a stagecoach, hence the analogy. Many years later, various hip hop artists noticed that the Mercedes-Benz logo resembled a steering wheel. They then proceeded to use the old term "whip" to describe any Mercedes-Benz vehicle. The term has now been generalized to classify any expensive automobile.

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