Guys are going to get it. It's a very common term, especially for car fanatics. Maybe this will help:
http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/torque/Q.torque.intro.html https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.prowl.torque&hl=en http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque (this one even has motion in the illustration)
[i]Torque has dimensions of force times distance. Official SI literature suggests using the unit newton metre (N·m) or the unit joule per radian.[i]
Everyone uses torque in daily life whether they realize it or not. When you turn on your water faucet, you use the right hand rule in torque.
Still, it is well known vernacular to "torque you off." (i.e. make you mad)
Artemis
