Whats the deal with calling cars "whips"? Where did that come from?

 

I'm almost positive that term originated from the lingo spoken in NYC, but I'm sure some of our NY natives will chime in.

 

i heard that it comes from the term whipping round town...i unno i say it sometimes joking around

 

I too am almost positive that it came the east coast, New York preferably.

-romeo

 

I got it off a Jay-Z cd... so NYC seems to be the origin!

 

this might help

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=whip

 

Its East Coast, my friend from Conneticut says the same thing. When he asked me to check out his new whip I had no idea what he was talking about. He also calls sub shops "grinders".

Almost as bad as calling Soda "POP" like my family from the MidWest.

 

how about ICE ...for a long time I had no clue what this meant

 

First use of 'whip' on CL from Lex Luthor

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...highlight=whip

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I take my Whip out for a ride all the time.. NYC is where I got it from.

 

Interior Car Electronics. Do you still not know or were you more wondering when it came about to be used?

 

i think he meant ICE as in diamonds, if not i stand corrected. i dont know where the term whip actually derived from but ive been hearing and using it since the 80s

 

I knew it meant audio systems ...i didnt know it actually meant Interior Car Electronics

thanks

 

its an EAST COAST thing. i hear it left and right. and i hear "mad jdm" that crap gets on my nerves.

 

I think even older than Jay-Z - didn't Will Smith use it on the Big Willie Style cd? Gettin Jiggy Wit It had a line in it "only bad chicks ride in my whips".