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08-06-11 | 09:14 AM

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Whip?

Whip? Really?

Come on, guys - it was annoying when the "cool" kids called their cars "whips" years ago... but bikes?

The insanity has to stop.

That is all.

08-06-11 | 09:38 AM

unterhausen

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ok, but how about "steed"

08-06-11 | 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by unterhausen

ok, but how about "steed"

I like it when the reason behind a slang word is readily apparent. I have no idea how or why the term "whip" was ever considered as a synonym to car or bike.

While we're at it, what possessed people to call something good "fly" or "sick"?

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08-06-11 | 10:25 AM

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this reminds me, i must adjust my saddle as it presses on my trouser truncheon!!!

08-06-11 | 10:26 AM

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A "whip" is a FOUR WHEELED motor vehicle. NOT a bike, cycle, or skateboard.

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08-06-11 | 10:31 AM

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First time I've heard of this. Gonna start using it now.

08-06-11 | 10:31 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by shadoman

A "whip" is a FOUR WHEELED motor vehicle. NOT a bike, cycle, or skateboard.

No, a whip is a flexible implement of pain. There is also an acceptable political definition. All other definitions are slang and just as right or wrong as the other.

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08-06-11 | 10:39 AM

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first ive heard of it...but if I pay 5k for a bike i'll call it whatever the hell i want...

08-06-11 | 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by DropDeadFred

first ive heard of it...but if I pay 5k for a bike i'll call it whatever the hell i want...

It's probably being used for bikes in the fixie crowd.

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08-06-11 | 10:44 AM

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This is a whip:

08-06-11 | 11:35 AM

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I prefer Bachman's definition.

08-06-11 | 11:48 AM

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Bikes that beat you to death should be called misery whips.

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08-06-11 | 11:49 AM

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Blue Genie says NO!

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08-06-11 | 11:54 AM

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Man you guys must be old

(No I don't call my bike a whip)

08-06-11 | 11:56 AM

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I have never heard a bike called that. I am never going to call a bike that. In fact, I already forgot that someone called a bike that (whatever that was).