Something idiots get. They wish that their car was less fuel efficient, less powerful, less fun, less stylish, and much heavier, much more dangerous than a Chevrolet Cobalt.
If Chevrolet can get a seven liter V8 in a Corvette Z06 to do 30+mpg, why do people have prius envy about the 1.5 in the Prius that only gets 42?
If Chevrolet can get 50 mpg out of a 2.2 liter engine in a Cobalt, why do people have prius envy about the 1.5 in the Prius that only gets 42?
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beaming with the pride of driving a Prius. Typically wont shut up about how much MPG they get. Perhaps making smug comments that are rooted in thoughts that they are better person than you because they are βsaving the environment.β
Consumed in their Prius Pride, they are oblivious to the reality of everyone else on highway laughing at them for driving such a fugly, small, under-powered rollerskate of a car.
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Phrase depicting the line of Toyota hybrids seen in the carpool lane on the 405 freeway, most often during rush hour traffic.
Also a phrase used to describe the intense jealousy one feels towards Prius drivers for getting carpool lane access while the rest of us rot in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
"Gosh, the Prius Procession was unusually long this morning. Those liberals must love the privilege of using the damn carpool lane."
"Did you see Becky's new Prius? Yup, she's joined the daily Prius Procession. That bitch."
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The envy that comes with being the last person on your block without a Prius.
"Now that the '09 models have come out, I have a bad case of Prius envy."
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Leaving now, and can't be stopped.
Time to go. I'm prius out.
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Someone who points out the actions of another as detrimental to one's being before doing something even worse for them.
Also: A meme started on Dakka Dakka in which the picture of an angry prius driver is used in conjunction with a statement of fact and a statement of hypocrisy in part of the person stating the fact.
That Prius Lady said "I don't want to breath in the exhaust from your truck." while holding a cigarette she is about to smoke.
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Term used to describe the feeling many people, especially men, get when they end up behind a Prius while driving home from work.
Prius panic
Man 1: Oh Christ. I hope this asshole turns. I'd like to make it home before fucking 9.
Man 2: No kidding. Never seen a Prius go the speed limit.
Man 1: Yes! It's turning! *prius slowly comes to a full stop and turns slower than a fucking Amish carriage*
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