Is "DMV" a low class / working class term?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For some reason, I find the term "DMV" extremely cringy. It feels like it's for the kind of people that listen to those mindless Top 40 radio station shows in the morning.

No one in a nice part of DC, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, or Arlington would use this term, would they?

Working class people are somehow cringe? Bless your heart.

[Anonymous]

Yes it's often used by people from the hood

[Anonymous]

It's not low class but it is a relatively new term that had not been used before 10-15 years ago or so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not low class but it is a relatively new term that had not been used before 10-15 years ago or so.

I moved here in 2002 and it was used then.

[Anonymous]

When I moved here in 1987, NCA (National Capital Area) was the term I heard more often. At some point it changed to DMV, it took me a while since, like others, I thought of it as Dept of Motor Vehicles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I moved here in 1987, NCA (National Capital Area) was the term I heard more often. At some point it changed to DMV, it took me a while since, like others, I thought of it as Dept of Motor Vehicles.

Oh, and I lived in Brookland in the late 80’s before it was gentrified.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with people who listen to radio? I am not sure I get this question, I live in McLean and couldn’t care less how others refer to this area. Also, a lot of crooks and cringey people live in Chevy Chase, Bethesda, McLean, Arlington etc.. Ask me how I knowu…

How do you know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For some reason, I find the term "DMV" extremely cringy. It feels like it's for the kind of people that listen to those mindless Top 40 radio station shows in the morning.

No one in a nice part of DC, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, or Arlington would use this term, would they?

Working class people are somehow cringe? Bless your heart.

The poors have always been cringe on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with you. I grew up in NW and Chevy Chase. Now live in Arlington. No one I know calls it DMV. That’s a term for people who have to sit in tons of traffic to commute to work.

Thanks for explaining.

There’s a term for you, too, but it won’t get past a DCUM filter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes it's often used by people from the hood

If would be a good name for a rapper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody used DMV when I lived there 1991-1998.

I had to be convinced it was a real thing and this board has gotten me to write it. It's convenient but does sound a bit tacky.

It’s a new term

So, kind of the equivalent of Frisco & Chicagoland? Not nearly as obnoxious as when Boston is referred to as “the Hub,” which is short for “The Hub of the Universe.”

[Anonymous]

I have actually heard DMV since I was a child (late 90s/early 00s.) I did hear it repeatedly on the radio in this area. I don’t typically use it in conversation but I see it often on social media and don’t think of anyone as “low class” for using it.

[Anonymous]

Racist cuck

[Anonymous]

I don’t think DMV is low class, working class, or cringey…well maybe a little cringey. As stated, it marks somebody as a transplant. Nobody from here call it that. Kinda like “Reagan” Airport.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think DMV is low class, working class, or cringey…well maybe a little cringey. As stated, it marks somebody as a transplant. Nobody from here call it that. Kinda like “Reagan” Airport.

+1

It’s a new term. Who cares, really. As someone pointed out, language evolves. It’s not a term I plan to adopt, but I’m not the arbiter of language. And neither are you.