Etymology

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Today it means: A car completely outside of any garage, or the portion of a car that is not inside a garage. Full definition →

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The story

Coined by American philosopher Eli Hirsch in 1982 in The Concept of Identity, formed by out- + car.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.