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British Guy: Imma fill meh car up with teh petroleum!
American Guy: Pardon me sir, Do you perhaps mean gasoline?
British Guy: Yeh! Thats what I want!!!!!!!11one
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Petrogasm

1. v To review a wine using an image.
2. n The act of reviewing a wine using an image.
3. n Chateau Petrogasm, the imaginary/virtual location where this type of wine-reviewing takes place: www.chateaupetrogasm.com. The owners of this Chateau are Benjamin Saltzman and Andrew Stuart.

Etymology: Derived from the names of world's finest food and wine, "Petrossian" the ultimate producer of caviar and "Petrus" the extremely expensive wine from Pomerol in Bordeaux, France. The stem is then combined with "orgasm" from the French "orgasme," from Greek "orgasmos" "excitement, swelling," from "organ" "be in heat, become ripe for," literally "to swell, be excited," related to orge "impulse, excitement, anger" (www.etymonline.com).
"I am going to taste this 1999 Meo Camuzet Clos Vougeot and then petrogasm."
"Let's have a petrogasm after dinner."
"If you are free, please join me tonight at Chateau Petrogasm."
by Benjamin Saltzman August 25, 2007
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petroleum

I need to stop at the gas station and put premium petroleum in my pimpin' 1979 Camaro.
by James Lowe July 19, 2005
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expensive petroleum

Expensive Petroleum is when you are low on petrol and you go to an expensive gas station and ask if you can pay for the petrol and they say €300+ . You watch so much Harry Potter you say EXPENSIVE PETROLEUM (expecto patronum is in Harry Potter)
You: How much for the petrol?

Shopkeeper: €500

You: (watches to much Harry Potter) EXPENSIVE PETROLEUM!!
by BoonJr1 July 16, 2022
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petroleum jelly

The act of feeling envious towards another region's gasoline/petrol prices.
New Yorker: "Gas over here is down to $3.29 per gallon. I just filled up today."

Californian: "It's $4.57 over here. You have no idea how petroleum jelly I am of you right now."
by MiniPizzaHitman October 18, 2012
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British Petroleum

The world's largest manufacturer of the lubricant petroleum jelly.
by billthecat June 23, 2010
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petrolero

derogatory term aimed at hispanics. Translates to "Oil Driller". Often used as an insult towards hispanics who are attracted to black people.
im sick of these fucking petroleros muddying up the gene pool.
by shponglehead March 15, 2010
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