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What do you call it when someone gives you a lift on their bike?

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EoinMcLovesCakeJumper · 14/12/2019 18:27

I was talking to a colleague the other day about what we were doing for Christmas, and he said he was heading off early because he had to go and collect his mum from the airport. He cycles everywhere, so I jokingly said "Are you going to give her a croggy?" He had no idea what I was talking about, and after I had hurriedly explained what it was, i.e. not a euphemism for something dodgy, he said "Oh, you mean a backie". I had never heard of that term - but a quick straw poll round the office revealed that everyone else called it a backie as well. We're all from various parts of Yorkshire, for reference, but I am the only one from North Yorkshire...

I am sure I haven't invented the term croggy, so I'm wondering if it's one of those regional oddities where only people from one specific town say it.

Where do you stand on the backie/croggy issue, and where did you grow up?

OP posts:
Thegreymethod · 14/12/2019 23:33

Backy or a taxi. North west

morriseysquif · 14/12/2019 23:35

Illegal. Grin

Strawberrystar13 · 14/12/2019 23:35

A seater (Wirral)

morriseysquif · 14/12/2019 23:36

Hmmm Backie or Seatie, from Birmingham

lilgreen · 14/12/2019 23:36

A backy!

tac10 · 14/12/2019 23:40

Backie here too - Glasgow

Littleroundsponge · 14/12/2019 23:41

A takey - Liverpool

56Marshmallow · 14/12/2019 23:42

A backie. South East.

ThisMustBeMyDream · 14/12/2019 23:50

Ride on. Have also heard taxi. North west (various areas!). Never heard of a croggy.

Idontkowmyname · 14/12/2019 23:55

A backie growing up

timetomoveon · 14/12/2019 23:56

Croggy. I’m also from north Yorkshire

gavisconismyfriend · 15/12/2019 00:02

Croggy - East Midlands

beanaseireann · 15/12/2019 00:18

A backer or cross bar
Dublin

CeeceeBloomingdale · 15/12/2019 00:21

A backer (north east)

MrsMozartMkII · 15/12/2019 00:22

Croggy!

DariaMorgendorffer · 15/12/2019 00:31

A backer

DecemberSnow · 15/12/2019 00:32

A saddle - London

DiazepamHelp · 15/12/2019 00:34

A backy (Brizzle)

YouOnlyLiveTwice · 15/12/2019 00:37

A pump.

(But I’m not from the UK!)

AlwaysThereForEveryoneElse · 15/12/2019 00:40

Dubby.
South

BlueTimesTwo · 15/12/2019 00:44

A dink...as in "Gimme a dink" or "Dink me"!

SkiingIsHeaven · 15/12/2019 00:51

Seatie

Zippetydoodahzippetyay · 15/12/2019 00:51

In my part of Australia it would be a dinky.

Mylifeisboring · 15/12/2019 00:52

A backie

Emma330912 · 15/12/2019 00:58

A saddle, S.London

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