• Sertou@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Yeah, that’s a new one on me too. Where I’m from, “Merc” is usually gearhead speak for a Mercury not a Mercedes. Then again, I’m old and out of it, so what do I know.

    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 months ago

      According to wikipedia

      Mercedes-Benz, a motor manufacturer and its products (primarily U.K. slang)

      In the last 10 years I don’t think I’ve ever heard it referring to a Mercury, then again nobody talks about Mercury anymore outside of maybe the Marauder once in a blue moon.