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Nascar
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
NASCAR
acronym for National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, U.S. auto racing promotion group founded 1948 in Daytona Beach, Fla. NASCAR dad in U.S. political parlance, "small-town, often Southern white men who abandon traditional Democratic leanings to vote Republican at least once every four years"
EXPAND coined 2003 by Democratic pollster Celinda Lake.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
| NASCAR National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing |
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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NASCAR
sanctioning body for stock-car racing in North America, founded in 1948 in Daytona Beach, Fla., and responsible for making stock-car racing a widely popular sport in the United States by the turn of the 21st century.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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