Rice: The "Official" Definition

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With all this debate going on about what rice is, all the fighting, the arms getting chewed off. I thought i would give you guys the official encyclopedia definition of rice and how it is applied to the automotive world...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_burner

[Bishop]

Nice find! lol

[Z33_kid]

ahahha wow good one

[Halfwit]

yes definition of rice, but remember it is not the definition of ricer, that my friends, is a state of mind. and can not be concluded by car.

[aaronfelipe]

GREAT find

[Ran]

Race
Inspired
Car
Enhancements

I'm pretty sure that's what I was told it meant. I think I got that from the same person who told me the meaning of SRT-4.

Super
Ricer
Transport
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4 Seater

Then again, you gotta know the difference between Rice and Nice. There are some nice cars out there that most people classify as "Rice" just because they're Japanese or J-Body compacts.

[Halfwit]

but who determines the definition of "race inspired"? ^^

[COGCaviZ24]

aww shit son!!! it's the poser mobile car

[Halfwit]

"you outta prepaid minutes doood!"

[sprix!]

Great post. Good information. Now we have a real way in which we can call a car rice and back it up.

[COGCaviZ24]

i said this a while back=

from my understanding, the term "rice" came from imports. hot rod and muscle car guys would call the modified import "4bangers", "pocket rockets", "rice burners" and "ricers". now, we use it to refer to over done modified cars. big wings, big stickers, nasty body kits, anything APC, etc. are rice to most. there's even differant genres of rice, i.e. asian rice, mexican rice, white rice

come to gainesville. most of the modified cars here are rice, and mostly mexican rice

[COGCaviZ24]

top 10 definitions from urbandictionary.com



1. ricer

(Ricer: from the latin word Ricarius meaning to suck at everything you attempt)

A person who makes unecessary modifications to their most often import car (hence the term "rice") to make it (mostly make it look) faster. The most common modifications are (but not limited to):

- Huge exhaust that serves no purpose but to make the car louder
- Large spoiler on the back that looks like something Boeing made for the 747
- Lots of after-market company stickers they don't have parts from, but must be cool
- Expensive rims that usually cost more than the car itself
- Bodykit to make the car appear lower, usually accented with chicken wire
- Clear tail lights and corner signals
- A "performace intake"- a tube that feeds cold air to their engine usually located in areas of excessive heat (behind or on top of the engine)
- Most of these riced cars (a.k.a. rice rockets or rice burners) are imports; Honda Civics, Accords, Integras, CRXs, RSXs, Del Sols Mitsubishi Eclipses, Lancers, Subaru Imprezas, however there are some domestics such as Chevrolet Caviliers, Dodge Neons, Ford Focus; small, slow, economy cars designed specifically to go slow. Please note that some Supras, Skylines, WRX's and other higher performance imports are designed to go fast, and are therfore not always considered rice. It really depends on the severity of the case.

The "ricer" attempts to make their car "performance" by adding the modifications listed above. These ricers are not confined to any one ethnic group or color, however different ethnic groups are known for certain styles.Honda Civics with big spoilers and 4" exhaust tips are considered to be ricers.
by ricecop04 Mar 15, 2004
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2. Ricer

Any oriental import car that has been modified for no real performance gain.Ricer: An oriental car with no engine mods, a body kit, and possibly stickers. Made to look fast.
Not a ricer: An oriental car with a fully built engine, drive train, and suspension reguardless of appearance
by Cover Yellow Apr 3, 2003
3. ricer link send redefine 159 up, 45 down

Ricer - Any person who adds tasteless modifications to a perfectly normal automobile.We're not anti-import...
We're anti-idiot......

www.anti-rice.com
by Veritas May 1, 2004
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4. ricer

any person who spends more money to make their car look like it goes fast than they spend on actually making it go fast.

Usually people who try to get into the import tuning scene after watching the fast and the furious a few too many times. Not necessarily anyone who goes and buys a bodykit, because a few of those actually do decrease drag, increase cooling, etc., like veilside and stuff, just crappy ripoffs that dont do a damn thing except maybe increase downforce, but if you have a FWD car, a spoiler is just gonna make you go slower. Also, if you have any idea how cars work, you'd realize that there really is no point in making a car look fast if it cant go fast, and if you dont understand how cars work, or dont care, you have no business even pretending to be a part of the tuner scene.Billy and Bobby both have 6000 to spend on their car. Billy invests it in suspension and engine work, and Bobby buys a "sick" body kit, and some "tight" rims. So, Billy has a fast car that will surprise anyone wanting to race it, and bobby is hitching a ride back home, because his "sick" body kit blocked all air to the engine.
Can you spot the ricer?
by Marc Jul 26, 2004
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5. ricer

When a moron (see: retard, dumbass) decides to take a car (foreign or domestic) and tries to make it look fast. The car will not really gain any hp or performance, but it will gain numerous stickers and yellow paint. It can be identified by one of the following:
1. The sound of a loud fart in a coffee can.
2. The yellow blob with a bookshelf on the trunk that is 1/4 mile behind real cars.
3. A Honda that has "performance mods" such as stickers, seat harnesses, and a fire extinguisher in full view (just in case the things catches on fire when it hits 40 mph).
4. A driver who claims his car has 100hp per liter but will not fess up to the fact that his car has a total of 43 ft/lbs of torque.Ricers are fags.
by Balls™ Apr 26, 2004
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6. Ricer

Someone regardless of ethnicity with any vehicle regardless of type that put money into the cosmetics of their vehicle instead of performance and treats it as though it will beat anything it up against.
by maximalove1996 Jun 27, 2003
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7. ricer

The process of taking an import car such as a Honda Civic, putting a fart pipe on it, spoilers and some stickers. Then you drive it around town flooring it out the corners, vainly beleiving people think you're cool and have driving skills.Ricers have tiny dicks.
by growupricer Aug 30, 2004
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8. Ricer

Any of a number of persons, usually young males, who place numerous cosmetic enhancements to a vehicle in the belief that such enhancements will add performance to their vehicles. These "enhancements" include but are not limited to:

1. Incorrect badging
2. Insanely large exhaust tips (5" in diameter or greater)
3. Spoilers & bodykits; especially those made of cardboard or plastic
4. Offset tape stripes
5. Single wiper conversion
6. Oriental symbols; esp. on American cars
Cars do not neccesarily need to be imports to be considered "rice"- ex. "Cobra" badging and/or body kit on a V6 Mustang.I've seen myself the following examples:

"RalliArt" badging on a Honda
"Evolution" badging and bodykit attempt on 1989 Mirage
"Neuspeed" badging on 1997 Lumina
"Type-R" badge and 5" exhaust tip on 1980s Civic Wagovan
Double spoiler, 18" rims and Type-R badge on Geo Metro
Type-R badge on Ford Probe
by Mr_Buick Jan 15, 2004
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9. Ricer

A small vehicle that's big on ignorance. Usually laden with asinine "mods", like garish plastic ground effects that were never painted to match the rest of the car, a giant whale-tail even though it's front-wheel-drive, and a fart-can whose sound encourages everyone to turn and laugh at the driver.

This phenomenon is sad, really. It may have resulted from the fact that stupid consumers flocked to front-wheel drive, despite the fact that these cars handle like a sled on concrete and AREN'T WORTH MODIFYING.Back in our parents' day, kids would save up to buy an old Chevelle and work on it until it was a V-8 powerhouse.

Today, most of that demographic has been replaced with spoiled brats who think they can buy performance in the form of stickers and a subwoofer. Instead of wasting their money on these laughable ricers, they could have scoped out Auto Trader for a great muscle car and owned a classic.
by Information Central Mar 9, 2004
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10. Ricer

Either a Japnease car tuned to sound like a crying baby, or the term used to describe a helpless teen that thinks his or her lawnmower-powered civic or eclipse could own a Vette or Ferrari.That cool civic you see haulin' down the freeway with an airplane wing for a spoiler.

[HatchMan]

pretty good find!