[sumo] [OT] Nempimania?

[Joe Kuroda]

Actually it means fuel efficiency -
check here
http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E7%87%83%E8%B2%BB&dtype=3&dname=2na&stype=0&pagenum=1&index=03335200

--- "Pardoe, Richard (RPardoe)" <RPardoe at chevron.com>
wrote:

> >'nempimania' which is the desire to maximize your
> car's gas mileage?
> Without seeing the original Japanese hard to guess. 
> Interestingly,
> Googling the just reveals repostings of the same
> article, so I wonder
> how accurate the term really is.
> 
> So my guess....it is Japanese tranliteration of M-P
> - mania (as in MPG,
> Miles per Gallon).
> 
> - RP
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