Entry · Sunday, August 2, 2026
Corvette Stingray
/kor-VET STING-ray/ n.- 1. A two-seat American sports car whose rear haunches flare outward from the cabin with a conviction that the front half of the vehicle is merely a preamble; characterized by a wide, sculpted posterior that, seen from behind in raking light, reads less as automotive design and more as an editorial statement about what a car owes you.
- 2. slang. Curves where the curves go. The rear fenders do the talking, the nose just shows up on time.
"He parked the thiccc orange Stingray at the far end of the lot, nose-in, which was either courtesy or theater. Every other car in the row faced the wrong direction by comparison."
From French corvette, a fast naval vessel of modest displacement, itself from Middle Dutch corf, a type of basket boat; combined with stingray, the cartilaginous fish whose silhouette is, objectively, 90% hip. Chevrolet revived the Stingray name in 1963 and has been committed to the rear-end thesis ever since.
Filed by
The rear haunches flare outward on a car named after a fish. The fish is 90% hip. Filing is procedural.
Ruling ADMITTED, WITH A FOOTNOTE
Admitted. Footnote: the Stingray name was revived in 1963 and has not wavered since. The catalogue notes consistency of thesis as supporting documentation.
In the margin
The entry says the front half is a preamble and I think that is the most honest thing Chevrolet has ever admitted about itself, even indirectly.
Also received REJECTED
Submitted: a single blade of grass. A single blade of grass has a silhouette, and after the Stingray, silhouette is clearly enough.
It is a single blade of grass. It is thin. No.