Cadillac converters

Noun

Cadillac converter (plural Cadillac converters)

1. (Southern US, humorous, nonstandard, often, malapropism) Synonym of catalytic converter (“chamber containing a finely divided platinum catalyst in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized to carbon dioxide”).
   • Anyway, wherever he was, all he ever talked about was Cadillac converters and pipe. His work with pipe paid off when he was awarded the honor of "Repairman of the Week."1992, Ricardo Cortez Cruz, “The Bloods and the Crips, Starring Billy Bugle Boy”, in Straight Outta Compton, Normal, Ill.; Boulder, Colo.: University of Colorado; Fiction Collective Two, →ISBN, page 65

   Synonyms:

   catalytic converter