An Entry Friday, July 31, 2026
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Buick, parked on a Miami Beach street.

Plate LXV. Buick, parked on a Miami Beach street.

Photo by Zoshua Colah on Unsplash

Buick Roadmaster

/BYOO-ik ROHD-mas-ter/  n.
  1. 1. A full-size American automobile produced by Buick from 1936 to 1958 (and briefly revived 1991-1996), distinguished by a rear quarter so generously proportioned that it reads, in raking side profile, less like bodywork and more like a civic statement.
  2. 2. colloq. Rear-heavy by conviction, not accident. The haunches on a Roadmaster sit so wide and so low that the front of the car functions mainly as a formality, a nose pointing toward wherever the back half has decided to go.
In a sentence:

"He parked the thiccc 1950 Buick Roadmaster in front of the hotel and went inside, and two bellhops stayed on the sidewalk just to keep looking at the rear fender. Nobody blamed them."

Etymology:

From Buick (named for David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-born plumbing-parts manufacturer turned engine pioneer, est. as a marque 1903) + Roadmaster (compound of Old English 'rad', meaning a ride or journey, and Old English 'maegester', meaning one who has authority). The name was intended to suggest mastery of the road. The rear bodywork suggests mastery of the road, the adjacent road, and approximately half of the road after that.

From the desk

Filed by

Teddy VanceJunior Cataloguer

The rear quarter of a 1950 Buick Roadmaster is described as a civic statement and I think that is exactly right.

Ruling ADMITTED

Bart PrussSenior Cataloguer

I once admitted a tailfin on a car that had no other argument. This has the rear fender, the profile, and the bellhops. Admitted.

Frequently asked

Is a buick roadmaster thiccc?

Yes. Buick Roadmaster was admitted to the Thiccctionary on July 31, 2026 and filed in the Vehicles & Transport section. The ruling on file: Admitted. Every subject in the catalogue is judged on its curves, not its size.

What makes a buick roadmaster thiccc?

Rear-heavy by conviction, not accident. The haunches on a Roadmaster sit so wide and so low that the front of the car functions mainly as a formality, a nose pointing toward wherever the back half has decided to go.

Is "thiccc" spelled with three c's?

Yes. The Thiccctionary house spelling uses three c's, distinguishing the editorial register from the colloquial "thicc" (two c's) and standard "thick" (one c).

Sources

  1. Photograph by Zoshua Colah, via Unsplash. Catalogued under plate LXV.
  2. Direct ruling URL: thiccctionary.com/is/buick-roadmaster-thiccc/, the shareable "Is a buick roadmaster thiccc?" page.
  3. Cross-reference: Thiccctionary A-Z, B.
  4. Catalogued under: Vehicles & Transport. See related entries below.
  5. Editorial review: ruled admitted by the desk. Objections on file.

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