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Commodore

Have you seen Mattah's Commodore??? It would be so much better if it was on fire.
by Dexter_13BT May 15, 2006
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holden commodore

a generally crappy car made by an Australian company that only make decent cars if it uses components from other manufacturers.
1st dude, unfortunate owner of holden commodore
"My VL broke down, again"

2nd dude
"buy a honda"
by sippawitz August 15, 2006
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Commodity Fetishism

A concept coined by Karl Marx referring to society's extreme obsession with material objects.

Commodity Fetishism is everywhere in Western Society today. Just look around around you. All the commotion surrounding Apple releasing yet another iphone with minor improvements. Cars are another example. Inanimate products which are so well known by their particular brand and certain model type to everyone, with most having definitions on urban dictionary even going so far as to define the certain type of person who drives such a model. When in reality the only importance of a car for most people is a sustainable mode of transport that can get you from one place to another. As a guitarist myself I find the guitar world is also guilty of this, many placing excessive importance over brand names (Gibson, Fender etc.), models (Telecaster, Strat, SG, Les Paul etc.) and hell even types of this model (1959 telecaster, Roadworn Strat, <insert famous guitarist here> signature model Les Paul Custom, Standard, Studio, express, 100, 100 elitist etc. etc.). Commodity Fetishism is the explanation why people get worked up for hours comparing the minor variations and specifications of the same 6 stringed instrument that they can barely play.

This behavior is heavily mocked in the character Patrick Bateman from the movie (and book) "American Psycho".
1. "That's bone. And the lettering is something called Silian Rail...
Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark..."

- Patrick Bateman's words when comparing his business card with his co-worker's identical looking ones in "American Psycho".

2. "Thanks to commodity fetishism, I got bullied when I was 8 because my parents drove a Ford Fiesta while their parents drove Volvo*. And kids don't even drive...."

*defined on Urban dictionary as "The only car a true pimp would be seen in"
by stingingpaininthebrain June 23, 2014
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Commodity Fetishism

A concept coined by Karl Marx referring to society's extreme obsession with material objects.

Commodity Fetishism is everywhere in Western Society today. Just look around around you. All the commotion surrounding Apple releasing yet another iphone with minor improvements. Cars are another example. Inanimate products which are so well known by their particular brand and certain model type to everyone, with most having definitions on urban dictionary even going so far as to define the certain type of person who drives such a model. When in reality the only importance of a car for most people is a sustainable mode of transport that can get you from one place to another. As a guitarist myself I find the guitar world is also guilty of this, many placing excessive importance over brand names (Gibson, Fender etc.), models (Telecaster, Strat, SG, Les Paul etc.) and hell even types of this model (1959 telecaster, Roadworn Strat, <insert famous guitarist here> signature model Les Paul Custom, Standard, Studio, express, 100, 100 elitist etc. etc.). Commodity Fetishism is the explanation why people get worked up for hours comparing the minor variations and specifications of the same 6 stringed instrument that they can barely play.

This behavior is heavily mocked in the character Patrick Bateman from the movie (and book) "American Psycho".
1. "That's bone. And the lettering is something called Silian Rail...
Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark..."

- Patrick Bateman's words when comparing his business card with his co-worker's identical looking ones in "American Psycho".

2. "Thanks to commodity fetishism, I got bullied when I was 8 because my parents drove a Ford Fiesta while their parents drove Volvo*. And kids don't even drive...."

*defined on Urban dictionary as "The only car a true pimp would be seen in"
by stingingpaininthebrain June 23, 2014
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Commodore

When a "lady" gives a rear admiral to a man. This is essentially very difficult but possible for advanced ladies.
Did you hear about That Esther chick? She gives commodores out like nobody"s business. She actually got me out onto the lawn.
by Viciousbubble January 13, 2009
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Holden Commodore

A sedan made by the Australian arm of GM. They are good value with decent performance courtesy of an American 6.0L V8. Though unlike a lot of American cars, it actually handles well. A lot of the drivers are stereotyped as bogans but very few actually are. They are exported to the U.S. as Pontiacs (and now Chevrolets), to the Middle East as Chevrolets and to the U.K. as Vauxhalls. Generally made to compete with the Ford Falcon.
Ford/Non-holden owner: "All Holden drivers are bogan dickheads."
Holden owner: "You just mad because you've got no V8."

"I love my Holden Commodore, it's decently priced and I can have some fun when I put my foot down."
by Deathmaster97 September 25, 2012
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commodore

An australian car that can easily drag off and do better burnouts than the crappy japanese imports that cost 4 times the price. They also look heaps better,and can get easily 500,000 killometers miles out of an engine despite being thrashed by young, irrisponsible drivers.
Shit why did i buy this shitty ricer. i could have got a comi and spent the rest on hookers and beer
by captain bananaman September 15, 2005
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