arrest-me-red

English

Alternative forms

• arrest-me red, arrest me red

Etymology

Suggesting that vehicles painted bright red are more likely to attract the attention of law enforcement.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

arrest-me-red (comparative more arrest-me-red, superlative most arrest-me-red)

1. (humorous, chiefly of a motor vehicle) Of a bright red colour.
   • 1990, Judith Gould, Never Too Rich, New York, N. Y.: Penguin Group, published 1991 November, →ISBN, page 235:

     Since buying the town house on the other side of the clinic, he had enjoyed that rarest of New York rarities, an honest-to-goodness private garage, and he had celebrated by buying a brand-new arrest-me-red Ferrari.

Further reading

• Eric Partridge (2005) “arrest-me-red, noun”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 41.