# I hereby coin the term XVR

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-coin-the-term-xvr/388164>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 16, 2007, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-coin-the-term-xvr/388164 "2007-01-16T06:00:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-coin-the-term-xvr/388164/1 "2007-01-16T06:00:18Z")

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Back in the eighties, some automotive journalist assigned nomenclature to a previously un-named vehicle class: Jeeps and jeep-like vehicles were now Sport-Utility Vehicles, which later became simply SUVs.

Today a new class of vehicle is growing…the Cross-Over.

Usually smaller than an SUV, it incorporates design elements of the SUV, minivan, station wagon, hatchback, and thus defied categorification.

I want to go on record and be the first to name this class of vehicle…the Cross-over…as the XVR, and every Doper who replies to this OP is my witness! 😃

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**Author:** ![vinniepaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@vinniepaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vinniepaz)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-coin-the-term-xvr/388164/2 "2007-01-16T07:31:09Z")

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[QUOTE=Enola Straight]  
Back in the eighties, some automotive journalist assigned nomenclature to a previously un-named vehicle class: Jeeps and jeep-like vehicles were now Sport-Utility Vehicles, which later became simply SUVs.

Today a new class of vehicle is growing…the Cross-Over.

Usually smaller than an SUV, it incorporates design elements of the SUV, minivan, station wagon, hatchback, and thus defied categorification.

I want to go on record and be the first to name this class of vehicle…the Cross-over…as the XVR, and every Doper who replies to this OP is my witness! 😃  
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I coined a term the other day! I hope it catches on.

Trey. As in dime, dub, trey.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-coin-the-term-xvr/388164/3 "2007-01-16T09:31:52Z")

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I believe I’ve heard ‘trey’ before, in the context ‘ace’, ‘deuce’, ‘trey’. (But wouldn’t that be ‘treyce’?)

XVR sounds like a standard for displaying 3-D interactive porn.