👉 The stickshift is a term popularized by punk rock and hard rock bands due to its distinctive sound. It's an abbreviation of "stiff pedal shift," which was the first shift gear that most cars had on them. When a band starts playing their instruments, they use this word to refer to the initial shift or change of gears for each note.
Here is an example sentence using it: "Hey man! We need some stickshifts now!"