# What is a "ricer" (slang)?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-ricer-slang/301873
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [April 30, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-ricer-slang/301873 "2005-04-30T18:08:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-ricer-slang/301873/1 "2005-04-30T18:08:57Z")
I was listening to the end of a talk radio show just now (not even sure which one) and the host was ranting about _ricers_ and their driving. I googled and dictionaried but didn’t find it quickly, so I’ll ask here: what’s a _ricer_?
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### Author:  [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-ricer-slang/301873/2 "2005-04-30T18:10:19Z")
:smack: Doh! I found [it](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ricer). (I’d reversed a couple of letters on google.)
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### Author:  [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-ricer-slang/301873/3 "2005-04-30T18:17:04Z")
Glad to see you discovered that “ricer” or “riceboy” means.
Check out this link to see and scoff at the phenomenon:
[http://www.riceboypage.com/](http://www.riceboypage.com/)
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### Author:  [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-ricer-slang/301873/4 "2005-04-30T19:43:12Z")
See also “rice rocket”.
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### Author:  [@Yogurt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yogurt)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-ricer-slang/301873/5 "2005-04-30T20:12:54Z")
Another good siteif you find them as humorous as I do.
[Laugh At Rice](http://www.laughatrice.com/)
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### Author:  [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-ricer-slang/301873/6 "2005-04-30T23:40:40Z")
> [@fetus](#):
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> See also “rice rocket”.
And “rice pilot”, although that’s usually reserved for motorbike riders.
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### Author:  [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-ricer-slang/301873/7 "2005-05-01T00:04:51Z")
> [@Yogurt](#):
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> Another good siteif you find them as humorous as I do.
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> [Laugh At Rice](http://www.laughatrice.com/)
That was the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while.
“MTV, rice my ride…”
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### Author:  [@Hoodoo\_Ulove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoodoo_Ulove)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-ricer-slang/301873/8 "2005-05-01T00:45:31Z")
> [@Sampiro](#):
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> I’ll ask here: what’s a _ricer_?
Glad to[help!](http://www.crateandbarrel.com/itemgroups/19195_0.asp)
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### Author:  [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-ricer-slang/301873/9 "2005-05-01T01:59:05Z")
also “rice burner”
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### Author:  [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-ricer-slang/301873/10 "2005-05-01T02:05:30Z")
You might want to check out how to add 50 free horsepower to [any car](http://www.angelfire.com/nc2/mycoffeecan/)😃
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### Author:  [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-ricer-slang/301873/11 "2005-05-01T02:10:22Z")
That link is hilarious, **Rick**.
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### Author:  [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-ricer-slang/301873/12 "2005-05-01T02:41:14Z")
Yearbook quote of a guy I knew:
“Man, that burrito’s got more rice on it than Thomas’s car!”
We all know the [SOURCE OF THIS RICE CRAZE](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0232500/) don’t we?