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Chris -- 2018-04-11
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A hatch is a upward opening door, and a hatchback is the back on a vehicle which has such a door. Now, a hitch is what connects a vehicle like a trailer to something which drives it, so the notion of a vehicle feature begins to creep in. But, one also uses “hitch” colloquially to mean “join up in marriage.” So….it is conceivable that the proposed eggcorn “hitchback” derives from the notion that the back enclosure is joined up with—or, loosely speaking, hitched to—the back of the vehicle.
-Joe Krozel
Automotive Message Forums – new civic aftermarket11-15-2000, 09:03 PM. I definitely think that the end of the civic hitchback hurts! persid. 11-15-2000, 09:11 PM …
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www.myspace.com/padernaaye check out the honda Fit, car is pretty cheap and you can hella upgrade shit for it. its kinda like the honda hitchback. check it out and let me no wat …
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