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vertical_reality
Nov 26, 2002, 3:22 PM
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Is there a way to add terms to the glossary or ask that certain terms be added?
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Mike
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lox
Nov 26, 2002, 5:10 PM
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OOH ! Chuffer comes to mind...
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maiorlive
Nov 26, 2002, 5:17 PM
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I'll second that. I'd like to see the climbing specific definition of chuffer.
W
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shortfatoldguy
Nov 26, 2002, 5:54 PM
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What meaneth the phrase, "to huck"?
I hear young skinny people use it in the context of falling off of boulders.
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cerikpete
Nov 27, 2002, 8:38 PM
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Forgive my ignorance, but I'd also like to know what chuffer means.
- Erik
[ This Message was edited by: cerikpete on 2002-11-27 12:38 ]
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lox
Nov 27, 2002, 11:05 PM
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www.dictionary.com
Live it.
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shortfatoldguy
Nov 27, 2002, 11:47 PM
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(Naive response--savage at will...)
You won't find "chuffer" in standard online dictionaries, at least not in the one linked above or in yourdictionary.com. All I know: "chuffed" is British slang for "pleased." I doubt that the noun substantive "chuffer" is being used here as "somebody who gets you off."
I resigned myself long ago to the impossibility of keeping up. It is, finally, a pointless endeavor.
Still, I'm curious: WTF is it to "huck"?
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bruisebrother
Nov 28, 2002, 12:05 AM
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I believe Huck is from snowboarding ,as to fly off something. someone confirm, please.
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mtnsprts
Nov 28, 2002, 12:43 AM
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I've heard the term "huck" used in place of dyno....
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wallrat
Nov 28, 2002, 1:27 AM
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No, Man...you got it all wrong. To huck is to throw. As in; When we topped out on Wyoming Sheep Ranch, we were sooo wasted we hucked the haul bag from the top.
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phitty
Nov 28, 2002, 1:31 AM
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Huckin'. Pretty sure it came from snowboarding but works in just about any sport.
Originally used to describe people who were just throwing tricks they had no chance of landing, just cuz it was a soft snow day.
Just Huck it!
But now it is just any al out jump (I'd say), people huck waterfalls in kayaks, huck for holds on boulders and huck for bucks at ski comps.
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maiorlive
Nov 28, 2002, 6:42 PM
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I'm impressed by Lox's antiquated vocabulary. From http://www.dictionary.com:
chuff ( P ) Pronunciation Key (chf)
n.
A rude, insensitive person; a boor.
[Middle English chuffe.]
I'm assuming Lox has mutated the pronounciation. Still not a climbing specific definition though. If it doesn't have a different usage or implication in the climbing community does it belong in the rc.com terms list?
W
edit: poster changed name
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lox
Nov 29, 2002, 4:48 AM
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Edumaf---incation.
chuff2 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (chf)
intr.v. chuffed, chuf·fing, chuffs
To produce or move with noisy puffing or explosive sounds.
chuff
\Chuff\, n. [Perh. a modification of chub: cf. W. cyff stock, stump.] A coarse or stupid fellow. --Shak.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
chuff
\Chuff\, a. Stupid; churlish. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
chuff
v : blow hard and loudly [syn: puff, huff]
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=chuff
CHURLISH. YOU CHUFFERS ARE CHURLISH.
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lox
Nov 29, 2002, 4:49 AM
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I think all those definitions apply to climbing... especially if "spray" is listed.
Hehe... the term is "coined."
It's everywhere.
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wv5ten
Nov 29, 2002, 4:53 AM
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hmmm i didn't know that, consider me chuffed on that one
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cerikpete
Nov 29, 2002, 3:03 PM
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Thanks for the info hc.
- Erik
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cass
Dec 7, 2002, 9:25 PM
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This is/was a valid topic until it got chuffed by a chuffer huh
e.g. abseil
German abseilen, from ab down, off + Seil rope
yea i know its rappelling, but thats an american phrase
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