roll coal

present singular third person rolls coal · participle present rolling coal · participle past rolled coal · past rolled coal

1. USslangTo emit sooty exhaust fumes from a modified (diesel) engine (fad among anti-environmentalist American truck drivers).

   “Why don’t you go live in Sweden and get the heck out of our country,” Mr. Blue wrote.” I will continue to roll coal anytime I feel like and fog your stupid eco-cars.”

   2016 September 4, Hiroko Tabuchi, “‘Rolling Coal’ in Diesel Trucks, to Rebel and Provoke”, in The New York Times

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   The light turned red, and Jerry peeled into the intersection, hooking left as an oversized pickup truck rolled coal and blared its horn at us. “Sorry!” I screamed for no good reason. Jerry skidded into another right turn.

   (Can we date this quote?), Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Three, Jack Townsend, page 59