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What did you call giving someone a lift on your bike?

273 replies

DuggeesWoggle · 19/03/2019 08:31

And where in the country was it?

DH brought up near Birmingham called it a 'backie'

I was brought up in North Yorkshire, called it a 'croggy'.

Just seen a teenage lad giving a friend a handlebar croggy which is what brought it to mind!

OP posts:
JustAnotherPoster00 · 19/03/2019 09:39

namechangechanger & NakedAvenger was coming on to say exactly the same also in north wales

HarrySnotter · 19/03/2019 09:41

A backie. (Glasgow)

jeanniebrownhair · 19/03/2019 09:41

A hurl (or hurlie) or backie

Imacliche · 19/03/2019 09:43

Backie... cumbria

Whatsnewpussyhat · 19/03/2019 09:44

Crogger - NW

Djchickpea · 19/03/2019 09:44

A saddler - South East

42andcounting · 19/03/2019 09:49

Midlands - either a backie or two's up. I wonder why the last one has dropped out of usage BlushGrin

jobbymcginty · 19/03/2019 09:50

Backie in Fife

pineapplebryanbrown · 19/03/2019 09:56

A croggy, of course. Nothing else would make any sense Grin

A bunk up is a shag or FWB arrangement ie "bunk up and no laundry".

LeslieYep · 19/03/2019 09:57

Croggy!!! East mids/leics

allmycats · 19/03/2019 09:59

Not Croggy but Coggy - West Yorkshire childhood

WatchingTheWheels85 · 19/03/2019 10:01

Pembrokeshire- seater

Cosmos45 · 19/03/2019 10:01

Backie

JemIsMyNameNooneElseIsTheSame · 19/03/2019 10:02

Seaty in Norfolk!

Prettyvacant2003 · 19/03/2019 10:03

A backie or a seatie here. Cambridgeshire.

yiskasha · 19/03/2019 10:07

A takey - Liverpool

avocadochocolate · 19/03/2019 10:21

I'm not aware of a word for this (brought up Home Counties)

adaline · 19/03/2019 10:26

Backie - Cumbria but raised in Suffolk.

youngfreeandnotsingle · 19/03/2019 10:28

Pilly for me - West Yorks
DP has also lived in WY all his life (about 15 mins away from where I grew up) and calls it a backer

Arkengarthdale · 19/03/2019 10:30

Craggy! North Yorkshire (obvs) Grin

Arkengarthdale · 19/03/2019 10:30

Bugger that should have said croggy dratted autocorrect

nordstrom · 19/03/2019 10:31

Backie (Birmingham)

cloudymelonade · 19/03/2019 10:33

Croggy in North Yorkshire :)

Degustibusnonestdisputandem1 · 19/03/2019 10:33

Aussie from SW Victoria here, dink!

BlackeyedGruesome · 19/03/2019 10:34

Croggy, east mids. Easter than derby.