The definition of Clean

[R32Dragon]

I've noticed recently that in tuner circles, the word "clean" has been thrown around much more liberally than in years past. It has gotten to the point where the word (which was once used to describe a car that was aesthetically pleasing inside and out while not too overdone) is now watered down..

What do you guys think...discuss.

[SLOWR/T]

Clean:

a: free from dirt or pollution <changed to clean clothes> <clean solar energy> b: free from contamination or disease <a clean wound> c: free or relatively free from radioactivity <a clean atomic explosion>
2 a: unadulterated, pure <the clean thrill of one's first flight> bof a precious stone : having no interior flaws visible c: free from growth that hinders tillage <clean farmland>
3 a: free from moral corruption or sinister connections of any kind <a candidate with a clean record>; also : free from violations <a clean driving record> b: free from offensive treatment of sexual subjects and from the use of obscenity <a clean joke> c: observing the rules : fair <a clean fight>
4: ceremonially or spiritually pure <and all who are clean may eat flesh — Leviticus 7:19(Revised Standard Version)>
5 a: thorough, complete <a clean break with the past> b: deftly executed : skillful <clean ballet technique> c: hit beyond the reach of an opponent <a clean single to center>
6 a: relatively free from error or blemish : clear; specifically : legible <clean copy> b: unencumbered <clean bill of sale>
7 a: characterized by clarity and precision : trim <a clean prose style> <architecture with clean almost austere lines> b: even, smooth <a clean edge> <a sharp blow causing a clean break> c: free from impedances to smooth flow (as of water or air) <a clean airplane> <a ship with a clean bottom>
8 a: empty <the ship returned with a clean hold> b: free from drug addiction <has been clean for six months> cslang : having no contraband (as weapons or drugs) in one's possession
9: habitually neat

[SLOWR/T]

For me just something simple that works. No huge wings, body kits, wheels. Fuction or looks

[Deke]

For me just something simple that works. No huge wings, body kits, wheels. Fuction or looks

Agreed

I am worried, however, that the term is going the same direction as "JDM." I think all of the JDM Nazis got everyone so on edge about falsely identifying a car as JDM (Heaven Forbid ), that people often use "clean" instead.

[uproot]

lol, who cares. they're words that describe trends, and trends change. it's bound to happen.

[Nemesis]

lol, who cares. they're words that describe trends, and trends change. it's bound to happen.

I dunno though, how can clean be trend? lol

[Deke]

lol, who cares. they're words that describe trends, and trends change. it's bound to happen.

I guess if you describe a trend as something that's been around for 50+ years. Haha I've heard clean used to describe everything from classic muscle to imports. Of course, however, import drivers think they invented the trend and thus will be the ones to bastardize it. The first time I saw neon lights under a car was on old hotrods at the big Daytona Beach show...and look what happened to that.

[uproot]

never said the term "clean" was a trend. body kits and civics on 18" rims where considered "clean" at one point or another. nothing to get worked up about, lol.