Thread: Pet Peeve... "Motor"

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XcalibeR , 07-15-2007 09:24 AM
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I'd have to say you have OCD

Webster's says a motor is "any of various power units that develop energy or impart motion". So that would make an engine a type of motor. It'd be like calling a square a rectangle, or hot air balloon an aircraft.

Now don't get me started on people calling bison "buffalos", or chimpanzee's "monkeys". They're not. Get it right people!
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