Mitsubishis

Noun

Mitsubishi (plural Mitsubishis)

1. A car manufactured by the Mitsubishi company (originally of Japan, but now with branches abroad).
   • “I still marvel today at how those Toyotas and Nissans and Mitsubishis were able to cross the terrain that they did.” Away from the few paved roads in Afghanistan, vehicular travel is tortuous and perilous. The roads often appear to be no road at all.2007, Nick Mills, Karzai: The Failing American Intervention and the Struggle..., →ISBN, page 69
2. A plane manufactured by this company, especially during the Second World War.
   • Lanphier gazed upward. A few thousand feet above them and about five miles off were faint outlines against a sky of blue. The faint outlines were interpreted to be six Zeros and two other Mitsubishis.2003, A. Robert Hill, Stars of the Southern Cross, →ISBN, page 123
3. A (single dose of a) particular kind of ecstasy (drug).
   • “I don't know what kind of roll you guys are looking for, but the Mitsubishis are what's hot right now. Not too speedy, not too mellow, a nice high.2006, Lynn Marie Smith, Rolling Away: My Agony with Ecstasy, →ISBN, page 26