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Have any of you used or heard of this phrase, "A Lexus Liberal"?
I heard a friend use this yesterday whilst referring to another who she believes is guilty of hypocrisy. When asked for the meaning, she said that the other lady in question though very rich and intellectual, hardly does a thing for the societal problems that she talks a lot about and is therefore, deserving of this epithet.
A Lexus Liberal hardly seems appropriate to convey this meaning, but she insists that it is common usage. It was the first time I had heard it, so I am turning it over to all of you. What do you think?
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Lexus is a luxuroid car. LexisNexis is a research bureau.
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I've never heard the term before. But it makes sense to me: in fact I like it a lot. Will await other posts before expanding.
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I think there is the idea that to be a liberal, one must be poor, or at least not very wealthy. there are certainly those(the very wealthy) who talk a good liberal game, but do very little to support the cause. Those would be a "Lexus Liberal". There are also those who do very well financially(enough to afford a Lexus), that give both of time and money to promote social and environmental causes associated with being liberal.
I think the phrase is quite apt, though I would guess that most Lexus owners don't fall under the liberal moniker anyway...
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Okay, it's not lexis either, so "lexus" must be the correct word, in which case it's slagging off someone who's upper middle class. I would suggest that it actually means someone of that ilk who says that everyone else should have the opportunity to be as "wealthy" as them, but who, in fact, would be completely horrified if it looked possible!
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What I am struggling with, is the word Liberal. It is almost as if, it was used simply to rhyme with Lexus. I am very bad with cars and that sort of thing, so please nobody jump on me, but, if we assumed the Honda was in the same status bracket as the Lexus, a Honda Hypocrite might be a better phrase, what?  sounds somewhat cheesy, eh? a honda hypocrite? One Faldage sailed over my head sometime back. Anybody with a similar UFO experience? UFO: unflappable faldage over (head) That was SO bad, I know.....shall run off into my corner before the trumpets start sounding! EDIT: OK, all right.....was trying to come up with a clever sounding post header and lexis came to my head. Thats all 
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In my experience, FWIW, Lexus owners are Mercedes wannabes. That's the basis of my post above!
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maahey,
A Lexus is a very expensive car. My brother is a car mechanic for Lexus in Atlanta, GA. He won a full-year's lease on one for his outstanding performance and had to turn it down; he couldn't pay the taxes and insurance.
So a person who drives a Lexus and proclaims him(her)self a Liberal (by UK or US standards?) is probably very comfortable, and unconcerned..
As I said, I never heard the term before but it sounds perfect to me. Hondas are cheaper cars. Faldage and I share a little Subaru becuase it has the all-wheel drive needed in this snowy hilly terrain. Having lived in big cities all my life, I never (co-)owned a car before now.
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A liberal is a person eager to give away your money.
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But, but, but [scratching head e],... who is a liberal?
A liberal is not a socialist and does nor profess to be. Is there a luxury car with a name that starts with the letter S? Is the Subaru like a Lexus? If so, then, a Subaru Socialist is a better term, no? Or a Corvette Communist? To convey this meaning at least.....
I agree with the meaning; I just think they coined the phrase badly, even though it sounds nice. To my mind, the phrase should focus on the MEANING it wants to convey and match a luxury car accordingly for the irony effect. Here, they seem to have found a luxury car first and thrown in any old word that sounded nice with it to convey their intent of rich, do-nothing hypocrites. Do you agree?
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