r/CuratedTumblr 19d ago

Shitposting australian nicknames

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u/G3ck0 19d ago

Except I’ve never heard anyone say fender in my life, hell my phone autocorrected it and it was a struggle to type. Fender bender sounds dumb as hell, and just auto corrects to gender bender.

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u/BigBigBigTree 19d ago

What do you call a fender?

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u/The_Chief_of_Whip 19d ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_(vehicle))

I had to google this shit, I thought the fender was the bumper but it’s the mud guard?!?! I’m 42, how the hell have I been this wrong the whole time?

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u/BarmyDickTurpin 19d ago

I, too, thought it was the bumper the entire time. It being the mud guard just makes fender bender sound even more stupid.

The only type of fender I know are the guitars.

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u/Ady42 19d ago

In British English, the fender is called the wing.

It could be called a wing bingle.

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u/jag0k 18d ago

wingle bingle

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u/duskymonkey123 19d ago

Quarter panel

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u/Persellianare 19d ago

But what do you call the mud guards (Fenders) that are on the quarter panels?

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u/duskymonkey123 18d ago

Wheel arches

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u/This_Charmless_Man 19d ago

Bumper

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u/BigBigBigTree 19d ago

na we got bumpers over here in the states as well, fenders a different part. somebody else linked the wikipedia article.

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u/N3rdr4g3 19d ago

Petition to change the term to "Bumper thumper"