hunnerd-mile-an-hour tape
n.— «In General Aviation, they call it “hunnerd-mile-an-hour” tape, for obvious if not comforting reasons.» —“Re: How do I ride to work?” by Aaron Usenet: rec.bicycles.tech Mar. 29, 1993. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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