rice rocket

offensive slang A typically light and fast car or motorcycle manufactured in an East Asian country, especially Japan. Often used derogatorily, the term is typically considered racist for its use of rice as a stereotypical representative of such countries (where it is a staple food). A: "Check out the rice rocket with the huge spoiler." B: "A rice rocket? That's a bit politically incorrect, don't you think?" My old Mustang can go toe to toe with the fastest rice rockets out there.

rice-rocket

n. a Japanese motorcycle; a crotch-rocket from Japan. He added a crack-rack to his rice-rocket.

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

rice burner
rice grinder
ricer
rice-rocket
African
grape
chedda
blimp
blimp out
hunky

References in periodicals archive

Out in San Diego, the Coronado Bridge looks like a miniature Indy 500 every afternoon as the "rice rockets" braaap their way through traffic at extremely high rates of speed.

A father's worry

Any moment now and you'll sink into a reactionary reverie, dismissing modern machinery as oriental rice rockets and yearning for the day when the sun never set on the British empire.

Motoring: BIKES - Classic charm of Elvis- era biking Elvis-era

But you can't ignore them: sport compacts, rice rockets, whatever you want to call them, they're today's hot rodders.

Sport Compacts Rule!

IT'S Japanese day at Crail Raceway on Sunday when Banzai car magazine makes a return trip north of the Border to check out some of the finest 'rice rockets' Scotland has to offer.

Banzai bonanza hits Crail

Any moment now and you'll sink into a reactionary reverie,dismissing modern machinery as oriental rice rockets and yearning for the day when the sun never set on the British empire.

Driving Seat: motorcycling - Classic charm of Elvis-era biking

词组	rice rocket
释义	rice rocket rice rocket offensive slang A typically light and fast car or motorcycle manufactured in an East Asian country, especially Japan. Often used derogatorily, the term is typically considered racist for its use of rice as a stereotypical representative of such countries (where it is a staple food). A: "Check out the rice rocket with the huge spoiler." B: "A rice rocket? That's a bit politically incorrect, don't you think?" My old Mustang can go toe to toe with the fastest rice rockets out there. See also: rice, rocket Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. rice-rocket n. a Japanese motorcycle; a crotch-rocket from Japan. He added a crack-rack to his rice-rocket. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: rice burner rice grinder ricer rice-rocket African grape chedda blimp blimp out hunky References in periodicals archive Out in San Diego, the Coronado Bridge looks like a miniature Indy 500 every afternoon as the "rice rockets" braaap their way through traffic at extremely high rates of speed. A father's worry Any moment now and you'll sink into a reactionary reverie, dismissing modern machinery as oriental rice rockets and yearning for the day when the sun never set on the British empire. Motoring: BIKES - Classic charm of Elvis- era biking Elvis-era But you can't ignore them: sport compacts, rice rockets, whatever you want to call them, they're today's hot rodders. Sport Compacts Rule! IT'S Japanese day at Crail Raceway on Sunday when Banzai car magazine makes a return trip north of the Border to check out some of the finest 'rice rockets' Scotland has to offer. Banzai bonanza hits Crail Any moment now and you'll sink into a reactionary reverie,dismissing modern machinery as oriental rice rockets and yearning for the day when the sun never set on the British empire. Driving Seat: motorcycling - Classic charm of Elvis-era biking
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