August 2008 • Issue 414



The language of the car...

by Mitchell & Richardson

air-bag n.
car company lobbyist
AUTOmatic n.
car use
biofuels n.
crop used to feed cars instead of humans
car-share n.
bus
congestion n.
breathing difficulties caused by emissions
horse-drawn adj.
descriptive of a car of the future



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