go-fasteradj.
/ɡəʊˈfɑːstə/, /ɡəʊˈfastə/, U.S. /ˌɡoʊˈfæstər/ Originally British.
1. attributive. Chiefly humorous. Designating a (peripheral) design feature intended to give something (originally and chiefly a vehicle) the appearance of being capable of high speed, or (more generally) to give it a sporty appearance; esp. in go-faster stripes. Also in extended use: designating a feature or format intended to make something more attractive or engaging, typically on a superficial level.
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1967 Daily Mirror 19 Sept. 14/1 (Perishers comic strip) Right—the car comes to 10/- an' you ordered two go-faster mirrors at 5/- each an' a go-faster stripe at 4/6.
1971 Times 1 Apr. 29/4 Three exclusive colours are specified, with some strikingly extrovert ‘go-faster’ stripes if you want them.
1989 Marketing Week 9 June 31/1 Eventually..there must come a winnowing, even among the latest go-faster cards, as consumers consult their pockets and find the cost of keeping more than one credit card doesn't add up.
1993 Flyer July 70/3 A host of extras is available from go-faster wheel spats to disc brakes.
1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Feb. 9/2 Rushdie is perceived as a master-practitioner of ‘magic realism’, as if ‘magic’ were a go-faster adjunct to the trite.
2002 I. Knight Don't you want Me? vii. 86 He's..wearing Eighties-style track pants with two go-faster stripes down the side.
2012 Psychologies (U.K. ed.) Apr. 162/1 Lycra-clad cyclists in go-faster neon sped past us casting supercilious glances.
2. attributive. That causes or assists something (originally a car) to move or work more quickly; that moves or works more quickly than something otherwise comparable. Cf. go-fast adj.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective] > causing to move swiftly
speeding1757
spurringa1821
go-fast1953
go-faster1969
1969 Motor 24 May 93/3 Please can you advise me on the subject of ‘go faster’ conversions which can be made to this vehicle?
1983 Austral. Personal Computer Aug. 146/2 It would be a complete waste of an afternoon's hard graft with stopwatch and keyboard, because it completely ignored all the new go-faster features of the machine.
1989 Architech June 12/1 The advent of engineering workstations is more than the latest in go-faster technology.
2009 Daily Mail (Nexis) 2 Jan. 13 While Sammi's bright pink bike makes quite a dashing sight as she races at speeds of up to 100mph, it lacks the go-faster modifications of many of her competitors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1967