Gatso

English

Etymology

From the Gatso brand of speed cameras and red light cameras, widely used in the United Kingdom.

Noun

Gatso (plural Gatsos)

1. (UK, informal) A speed camera.

Verb

Gatso (third-person singular simple present Gatsos, present participle Gatsoing, simple past and past participle Gatsoed or Gatso'd)

1. (transitive, UK, informal) To fine (a driver) for exceeding the speed limit with the help of a speed camera.
   • 2001 November 10, Lordy, “Re: Gatso Cameras”, in uk.rec.driving‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Hmm, sounds like a plan we should recommend to the next idiots who come along moaning about how unfair it is they've been Gatso'ed, to go speeding back past the camera in the opposite direction.