@ColdWater@lemmy.ca to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agospend hours ricing my desktop and decided I hated it at the end, and ended up wiping my entire OSlemmy.caimagemessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imagespend hours ricing my desktop and decided I hated it at the end, and ended up wiping my entire OSlemmy.ca@ColdWater@lemmy.ca to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square134fedilink
minus-squareBo7alinkfedilink0•6 months agoIt is an extension/evolution of the idea of ricing cars. Originally it was something like Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancements. Basically stuff that makes your car look faster, but does nothing for performance.
minus-squareTheRealKunilinkfedilinkEnglish0•6 months ago100% a backronym. Ricer came from rice burner, a pejorative term for Asian cars. But its use has changed a lot in the decades since.
minus-square@dublet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•6 months ago Originally it was something like Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancements. I think this is a bit of a backronym, as it refers more to “import” vehicles from Japan.
It is an extension/evolution of the idea of ricing cars. Originally it was something like Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancements. Basically stuff that makes your car look faster, but does nothing for performance.
100% a backronym. Ricer came from rice burner, a pejorative term for Asian cars.
But its use has changed a lot in the decades since.
I think this is a bit of a backronym, as it refers more to “import” vehicles from Japan.