Bicycling mag vs. Cycling Plus mag

[tattiefritter]

And, I gotta admit, one of my favorite things about Cycling Plus is all the British slang I'm picking up Speaking of which, can one of you UK TE ladies tell me what "stonking" means (as in "stonking coastal climbs" mentioned in a ride description)?

Stonking can mean fantastic, awesome, brilliant as in "stonking good time" or it can mean massive, big, steep in the context of a climb. I would tend to use it as the latter to describe a climb - lots of stonking climbs in the English Lake District!

[Kalidurga]

Thanks, tattiefritter. I'm finding that lots of British slang terms can be used in different contexts.

I'm guessing that "clobber" = "gear"?

[kiwi girl]

Thanks, tattiefritter. I'm finding that lots of British slang terms can be used in different contexts.

I'm guessing that "clobber" = "gear"?

Yep - clobber is also used in that sense in NZ, but mostly by older people.

It is also used to mean hit though as well.

[Trekhawk]

Thanks, tattiefritter. I'm finding that lots of British slang terms can be used in different contexts.

I'm guessing that "clobber" = "gear"?

Hmm not sure about in the UK but in Australia "clobber" means clothes (he had all his clobber on to go for a ride). It can also mean to hit something hard (he would clobber the ball over the fence).

[Kalidurga]

Hmm not sure about in the UK but in Australia "clobber" means clothes (he had all his clobber on to go for a ride). It can also mean to hit something hard (he would clobber the ball over the fence).

That would make sense. There was a tag line on this month's cover referring to "Cool clobber- Jerseys and gloves for winter".

The second meaning is one I'm familiar with. When I was a kid, I used to get yelled at for clobbering my little brother

[eclectic]

That would make sense. There was a tag line on this month's cover referring to "Cool clobber- Jerseys and gloves for winter".

The second meaning is one I'm familiar with. When I was a kid, I used to get yelled at for clobbering my little brother

In my neck of the woods clobbered meant losing very badly. - - - - - are going to clobber the Vikings


You know the more you say the word clobber the weirder it sounds

[BadgerGirl]

The second meaning is one I'm familiar with. When I was a kid, I used to get yelled at for clobbering my little brother [/QUOTE]

I think Lucy, the character for The Peanuts comic used the word clobber a lot! Sorry, a little off subject...