Autobesity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The situation of cars being too big and heavy, taking too much space and causing road safety and pollution problems. neologism, uncountable

    "He said the aim was "to focus on an absurdity: auto-besity ... the inexorable growth in the weight and size of vehicles circulating in our cities, and particularly in Paris"."

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"He said the aim was "to focus on an absurdity: auto-besity ... the inexorable growth in the weight and size of vehicles circulating in our cities, and particularly in Paris"."

Etymology

Blend of auto- + obesity.

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