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br995 03-30-07 12:10 AM

"Whip"?
 
Why in the world are bikes called "whips"?

Nekura 03-30-07 12:15 AM

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=whip

br995 03-30-07 12:19 AM

So, people call their bikes "whips" because it developed from a slang word for 'steering wheel' and now means 'expensive car'?

Wow. You guys are lame.

MLPROJECT 03-30-07 12:20 AM

http://morrisseydance.com/morrissey-crying.gifhttp://morrisseydance.com/morrissey-punches.gif

Blue Jays 03-30-07 12:21 AM

It's better than calling your bicycle a "Hog" isn't it?

br995 03-30-07 12:23 AM

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...otter/whip.gif


Originally Posted by Blue Jays
It's better than calling your bicycle a "Hog" isn't it?

Not really.

chip thunder 03-30-07 12:43 AM

ghost ride it

dudezor 03-30-07 12:44 AM

Put ya stunna shades on.

megatron 03-30-07 01:09 AM

scrape.

nick666uenther 03-30-07 01:13 AM

gas-brake-dip

MLPROJECT 03-30-07 01:14 AM

GHOST RIDE da WHIP.

I fu<kin love that video where the dude gets run over.

ryansupak 03-30-07 01:38 AM

The basic reason is that "cool" is a Western African concept. I don't make these rules, but I must submit to them.

rs

dustinlikewhat 03-30-07 05:42 AM

the ghost ride video where the dude's car gets jacked is better.

dustinlikewhat 03-30-07 05:43 AM

here it is: http://youtube.com/watch?v=2s5_XyIvPcc

Sammyboy 03-30-07 06:12 AM


Originally Posted by br995
So, people call their bikes "whips" because it developed from a slang word for 'steering wheel' and now means 'expensive car'?

Wow. You guys are lame.


Hahaha - I'll carry on the Morrissey theme. "I was feeling quite happy, and then you called me lame, and heaven knows I'm miserable now......"

Take a close look at this sentence, and try to detect where it's not strictly true.

Natron 03-30-07 06:35 AM

It's like when guitar players call their instrument an axe or fiddle or whatever. It means they're exceptionally nerdy white guys trying to sound a little bit cooler than they ought to.

... and then they go play some hott lixx!! \m/ \m/

dudezor 03-30-07 06:46 AM


Originally Posted by dustinlikewhat

hehe.. that's as fake -- or as set up -- as hell. Funny though.

delicious 03-30-07 06:52 AM

MLProject is ruling with those Morissey gifs

spencedonfonix 03-30-07 06:58 AM


Originally Posted by Natron
It's like when guitar players call their instrument an axe or fiddle or whatever. It means they're exceptionally nerdy white guys trying to sound a little bit cooler than they ought to.

... and then they go play some hott lixx!! \m/ \m/

that is what i have always believed as well.

Sammyboy 03-30-07 07:06 AM


Originally Posted by Natron
It's like when guitar players call their instrument an axe or fiddle or whatever. It means they're exceptionally nerdy white guys trying to sound a little bit cooler than they ought to.

... and then they go play some hott lixx!! \m/ \m/

When they play together, they're not just jamming, they're "woodshedding", and better yet, if they have some sort of a playing contest, it's "headsplitting". It makes me ashamed to be a musician, so it does.

timdoug 03-30-07 07:20 AM

What does that video say about suburbia, broad daylight, and not soul to be seen.

Natron 03-30-07 07:23 AM


Originally Posted by Sammyboy
When they play together, they're not just jamming, they're "woodshedding", and better yet, if they have some sort of a playing contest, it's "headsplitting". It makes me ashamed to be a musician, so it does.

I think you can get arrested and jailed for up to 5 years for calling playing instruments "woodshedding" in the USA.

sorsha6 03-30-07 08:07 AM


Originally Posted by MLPROJECT
GHOST RIDE da WHIP.

I fu<kin love that video where the dude gets run over.

link, please!

lyledriver 03-30-07 08:15 AM

I was always under the impression that it was supposed to be a Work In Progress.

Batson 03-30-07 08:17 AM

Ghost ride the truck has got to be my favorite.

In reference to the urban dictionary definition for whips, I dont see how these rappers have a clue as to what stage coach drivers called the reigns. They all of a sudden saw the mercedes symbol and thought, "whip"?


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