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  • Words that people think are cool??… But aren't!
  • pussywillow
    Free Member

    It gets on my tits when people in the biking industry say words that they think are “cool” but really it sounds geekish and like they’re trying too hard to be cool!…ok, so I’ll start off with…stoked! Grrr

    yunki
    Free Member

    preposterous

    Jamie
    Free Member

    …ok, so I’ll start off with…stoked! Gnarrr

    Anyway. It’s all in the eye of the beholder. Chillax, guy.

    jam-bo
    Full Member

    cool

    stevious
    Full Member

    ‘Marginal Gains’

    flippinheckler
    Free Member

    Shredded!

    IHN
    Full Member

    trail

    huck

    rail

    planted

    laterally stiff yet vertically compliant

    steed

    run (unless actually referring to propelling one’s self by the use of one’s feet at a speed faster than walking)

    CaptainFlashheart
    Free Member

    Colorway (sic) – You mean “colour”.

    Jamie
    Free Member

    Surely this thread is negative use of the forum? As no positives, can come from a thread of people moaning about words they don’t like.

    Not amazeballs 🙁

    wwaswas
    Full Member

    “Cut and Paste Singletrack”

    “Body English”

    “Black Ops downhill run”

    etc

    always make me cringe in bike reviews. Mr Kesteven @ Future seems particularly prone to it.

    ojom
    Free Member

    Thrutching.

    Maltloaf
    Full Member

    innit

    passtherizla
    Free Member

    Trouble is i’m 32 and have been saying Rad, Gnarly, Sick, Stoked, dude and other skaterisms for over 20 years… Its so hard to stop.

    rob-jackson
    Free Member

    Whats wrong with marginal gains?

    ronjeremy
    Free Member

    shredding the gnar!!

    honourablegeorge
    Full Member

    IHN – Member

    trail

    What’s the issue with “trail”?

    Merlinman
    Full Member

    gotten

    SkillWill
    Free Member

    Starting sentences with “D’you know what?” in a kind of Simon Cowell, X-Factor way.

    Also noticed a fashion for responding with “Really?” – kind of an American thing, hard to describe.

    Annoying though…

    glupton1976
    Free Member

    thebikechain – Member
    Thrutching.

    POSTED 6 MINUTES AGO # REPORT-POST

    Not having that. Thrutching is a great word if used properly.

    ton
    Full Member

    SHABBA
    SHREDDER
    GNAR
    RAD
    COOL
    MINT
    REEM
    INNIT

    honourablegeorge
    Full Member

    SkillWill – Member
    Starting sentences with “D’you know what?” in a kind of Simon Cowell, X-Factor way.

    “SORRY, but I’ve GOT to tell you….”

    jota180
    Free Member

    Awesome – especially when referring to something like a mobile phone or a pair or shorts

    starsh78
    Free Member

    That garden pea was AWESOME!!!!

    Speshpaul
    Full Member

    Simples.

    just stop.

    IHN
    Full Member

    What’s the issue with “trail”?

    Because I remember a time back in the day when we never used the word. We had other words like ‘routes’, ‘tracks’ and ‘paths’ that sufficed nicely. Then the magazine-promoted and mildt pretentious Americanism that is ‘trail’ started to rear it’s head and is now seemingly ubiquitous.

    A trail is a long distance route between two points (think Appalachian Trail), it’s not some paths behind the Nationwide in Swindon.

    stumpy01
    Full Member

    MBR seem to spend a lot of time ‘schralping’ but I don’t have a clue what it is…

    Is it that thing that dogs do on the grass when they have itchy bottoms?

    bokonon
    Free Member

    Not having that. Thrutching is a great word if used properly.

    Completely agree, anyone who has seen me climb will have had ample opportunity to use this in its proper context.

    fathomer
    Full Member

    Sick, when describing something they like and chillax!

    BigJohn
    Full Member

    Doooooooooooood!

    starsh78
    Free Member

    Singletrack. Bwahahahhaha!

    Also,

    If you can get 2 bikes side by side does it become double track?

    glupton1976
    Free Member

    The only proper context for the word “thrutching” is when it refers to squeezing out a jobbie.

    passtherizla
    Free Member

    schralp is the same as shred pretty much.. As in,
    “Alright stu, coming for a schralp?”

    starsh78
    Free Member

    I went for a schralp this morning…..

    thegman67
    Full Member

    Three month after my cousin bought her first mtb i text her to ask her if she wanted to go to GT,her reply was ‘defo up for shredding the gnar’ not cool when your over 40.

    davidtaylforth
    Free Member

    High cadence
    Steeze
    Random
    Epic
    Planted
    Any of Rob warners quotes
    Almost everything else mountain bikers who like to sound like they are mountain bikers say

    mr-potatohead
    Free Member

    cool

    finbar
    Free Member

    AMAZE

    TOTES

    Richie_B
    Full Member

    Not having that. Thrutching is a great word if used properly.

    Completely agree, anyone who has seen me climb will have had ample opportunity to use this in its proper context.

    Without the judicious use of Thrutching climbing below the grade of E2 would be entirely impossible on the majority of Yorkshire Grit and Peak District Crags like Black Rocks, Hen Cloud, Cratcliffe…

    oldnpastit
    Full Member

    petersnell
    Free Member

    “watch this one” usually followed by “call an ambulance”.

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