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| :''"Yeah? And you can kiss my skidplate, fearless leader."''-[[Rattrap]], [[Beast Wars, Part 1]]
| | #REDIRECT [[ Anatomic euphemism#Skidplate]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div> |
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| A '''skidplate''' is a protective shield, applied to equipment such as an [[Groundshaker|all-terrain vehicle]], that protects vulnerable parts like [[manifold]]s, [[gearbox]]es, and presumably [[boron compressor]]s from damage.
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| It is also a figurative location which others may be requested to [[kiss]], or accused of kissing. This is generally done with some element of anger or disdain, and without any [[Kiss Players|genuine desire for such contact to occur]].
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| Peculiarily, this figurative contact may be hypothetically initiated voluntarily by the supposed kisser. Generally this is only found in third-person references to said kisser, and is a way to accuse him of trying to curry favor with the owner of the metaphorical skidplate in question.
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| Example usage:
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| *"Carblast keeps complimenting our leader. It's totally insincere, but he thinks it's going to get him a promotion. Carblast is such a skidplate-kisser."
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| *"Carblast can kiss my skidplate. He's not getting any promotion."
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| This usage rather inexplicably mirrors [[human]] references to systems more analogous to [[Transformer]] tailpipes or exhaust ports. Indeed, in human vernacular, these systems are frequently seen to figuratively [[for safety reasons|require covering]], rather than providing it.
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| Perhaps there is some link to human language after all, as their culture contains [[Jesse|a well-known link between kissing and apologizing]].
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| [[Category: Euphemisms]]
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| [[Category: Transformer anatomy]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div> | |
