Who came up with the term "Jalopnik"?

"Niquemarshall" (dominiquemarshall) 10/30/2013 at 21:45 • Filed to: None

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Stupid question here, but I have to know. Also, whether or not I've been pronouncing it wrong
Juh-Lawp-Nihk?
Here's an LS swapped GTI for your troubles.

Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull > Niquemarshall 10/30/2013 at 21:48

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Jalopy + nik (beatnik, peacenik, assorted other niks).
Juh- lop- nik.


Don't recall the originator.

Blondude > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 10/30/2013 at 21:49

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Spinelli?

Bandit > Niquemarshall 10/30/2013 at 21:50

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Juh- lop (op like in operation)- nick

PatBateman > Niquemarshall 10/30/2013 at 21:52

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It comes from an ancient Roman word for "a lover of fast chariots".

Don't quote me on that, though.

Kailand09 > Niquemarshall 10/30/2013 at 21:52

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I believe Spinelli started jalopnik, which is a mixture of "beatnik" and "jalopy".

This leads me to assume Spinelli came up with it?

Blondude > Niquemarshall 10/30/2013 at 21:55

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Pfft, you guys are all pronouncing it wrong. It's pronounced Jaw-Loop-Nyke.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > PatBateman 10/30/2013 at 21:55

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Damnit, would have been a perfect Little Known Fact

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > PatBateman 10/30/2013 at 21:55

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I thought it meant Rotary Camino Baja Miata Trans Am Wagon in Finnish?

/lols

PatBateman > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 10/30/2013 at 21:57

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I give you permission to steal it.

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > Blondude 10/30/2013 at 21:57

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Please.

It's Jay-Lope-Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek

desertdog5051 > Niquemarshall 10/30/2013 at 22:02

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Petty sure it was based on a Swedish/Russian girl he dated. Jhal Ohp, and she took the name Nikh to fit in with the Russians.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > PatBateman 10/30/2013 at 22:22

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You have been credited.

Aaron Brown > Kailand09 10/30/2013 at 22:45

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This is the actual meaning behind the term.

I think it may have been both Spinelli and Wert. Don't quote me there.

Agrajag > Niquemarshall 10/30/2013 at 23:01

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I believe it was Mike Spinelli. He doesn't get enough credit for what he created does he?

Niquemarshall > PatBateman 10/30/2013 at 23:16

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Never even knew that.

Niquemarshall > desertdog5051 10/30/2013 at 23:17

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Lolwut

Patrick George > Niquemarshall 10/31/2013 at 00:04

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I believe it's pronounced "HA-Lopnik," like "jalapeño."

As for its meaning, I could be wrong, but I believe Jalopnik is an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War era.

Niquemarshall > Patrick George 10/31/2013 at 00:27

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Wow I would've never guessed.

WeimMe > Niquemarshall 02/22/2014 at 11:21

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Thanks to my mild dyslexia, I always read it as Jalopink (jah-lo-pink). Somehow my mind made sense of it as the combination of "jalopy" and "pink" with jalopy meaning what it always does and pink as in pink-slip. A lot of it probably has to do with the fact that I used to watch Speed Channel's Pinks all the time when it first came out (even though Jalopnik was technically operating before Pinks was produced).

Anyway, according to the all-powerful wiki, it's a combo of jalopy and beatnik .