Swasticarとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• swasticar, swasti-car, Swasti-car, swastikar, Swastikar, Swastikaar, swasti-kar, Swasti-kar

語源

Blend of swastika +‎ car, referencing the Nazi salutes performed by Elon Musk at the 2025 U.S. presidential inauguration.

名詞

Swasticar (plural Swasticars)

1. (slang, derogatory, neologism) A vehicle manufactured by Tesla, Inc. especially the Tesla Cybertruck.
   • 2025 February 19, City Pulse, volume 24, number 28, Lansing, MI, page 2:

     Think about this, have you dismissed the Nazi salute by the builder of Swasticars (Elon Musk)? If not, why? Shouldn't that be important?

   • 2025 March 2, Proinsias O'Mahony, “'Don’t buy a Swasticar': Elon Musk is wrecking Tesla’s brand”, in The Irish Times:

     And in London, an ad warning against buying a Tesla “Swasticar” has gone viral. Its tagline: “Goes from 0 to 1939 in 3 seconds.”

   • 2025 March 5, Hugo Rifkind, “Fear, not ethics, is driving the Tesla boycott”, in The Times:

     Online, the Tesla has become “the Swasticar” after Musk’s Nazi salute and his support for the hard-right German AfD.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Swasticar.

同意語

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