Meaning of boy racer | Babel Free

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A young man who drives recklessly fast, especially one who participates in gatherings of car-culture enthusiasts and/or in illegal street racing.

New-Zealand, UK

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“By this time in the evening, the city was mainly quiet, with one exception, boy racers; young men out to impress⟳ each other, as well as the city's young females, periodically tore along the street, in a variety of cars, booming out ‘musical’ bass rhythms, apparently oblivious of the speed⟳ limits and any concern⟳ for anybody else.”

“He and his boy racer mates used to spend⟳ every Friday and Saturday nights spreading diesel across the roads and racing their cars.”

“2011, Andy Frankham-Allen, Seeker, Untreed Reads, unnumbered page, The sound⟳ of music pumping from the arcades was one thing, this was a standard sound⟳ expected in a seaside resort, but the cacophony of the boy racers was not.”

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