The hot rod scene is awash with jargon. Some of the terms sound cool, but it isn't always immediately obvious what they mean.

A MASTER mechanic has become the unofficial king of rat rods in New Zealand, after building a series of incredible rat rod ...

What do you call the tire-shredding, gear-smashing, gas gobbling, menacing nose-up straight axle hot rods from the late ... of specs and to see the custom Rat Fink mural on the rear.