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It's electric SIR, how would forced induction help?

Lol

Send them to an auto parts store and have them ask for a supercharger for their Tesla just to confuse the clerk.

Obligatory: I wouldn't actually do this but it's amusing to think about.




I do find it annoying that Elon Musk redefined a well-understood automotive term to refer to a completely different automotive term.

Of course we're not innocent here. What does gate mean in electronics? What does persistent mean in computer science? What does memory mean in computer engineering?

Context matters.


I just make a new words. Such as "dojober".

Dojober (noun): A handcrafted thing that makes it possible to do a job (i.e., complete a task).

Synonyms: widget, contraption




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