• not_that_guy05@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I understood it as it is a car term and was the first thought to come to mind.

    Looking at my RGB like undercar neon lights.

      • tquid@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        Yup. In the car world “ricers” are specifically upgrading cars with purely cosmetic add-ons. They are stereotyped as using Asian cars and/or being Asian. The term should be strangled in the crib.

        • Whelks_chance@lemmy.world
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          When the term leaves the original use, and those using it are referring to something distinctly different, isn’t this just natural evolution of language? English uses tonnes of words from French which are quite disconnected from the original use of the word