jalopy - noun - an old, decrepit or unpretentious car
Here is yet another word that you really don't hear much anymore. According to Google, it was born into use sometime in the 1920s, which simply means that should be resurrected now, a hundred years later.
My ex-beau Jack, who is back to being in my unofficial club "Platonic Anonymous" (the seven members being all men with whom I do not have sex at present) has a penchant for jalopies. He owns two, a barely functional Jeep Cherokee that is about twenty years old and a road weary VW Jetta, also around the drinking age in Jersey (21). A practical man on a shoestring budget, he seems to think his modes of transportation are acceptable. Being a slightly superficial woman of a mature age, I don't, mainly because either tends to break down whenever we get together, which is a deterrent in more ways than one. My advice for Jack and men like him is to save up for one decent car. The jalopy might have been trendy during the Depression but is no longer. And if you are a guy like Jack and want to cancel your membership in another woman's P.A. group, then you should start looking around for one of those electric Caddies or at least aspire to buy one. That way, the woman that you are chauffeuring might grant you a second date if you are candid about your intention.
Just a little humor for a Thursday afternoon :) !
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