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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:
Ivysaurus · 14/12/2019 18:57

A croggy! I'm in East Yorkshire

TellerTuesday4EVA · 14/12/2019 18:57

Croggy - also from North Yorkshire though

olivo · 14/12/2019 18:57

Croggy - NE Smile

anascrecca · 14/12/2019 18:57

Backy - Lancashire

Justscrolling · 14/12/2019 18:58

A croggy and also North Yorkshire!

Doyouthinktheysaurus · 14/12/2019 18:59

Backy- norm I’m Birmingham, bought up in south east.

DaffodilsAreMyFav · 14/12/2019 18:59

A backer - Dublin

dworky · 14/12/2019 19:00

Saddler

Stereomum · 14/12/2019 19:00

Backy surrey

HugoSpritz · 14/12/2019 19:01

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JustASmallTownCurl · 14/12/2019 19:01

Backy!
South East here

Crunchymum · 14/12/2019 19:01

Backie, London.

NaomiShapiro · 14/12/2019 19:01

Croggy! Leicestershire

Elbowedout · 14/12/2019 19:01

Deranged, given my current weight....
But it was a backy or a seater when I was a kid in Lancashire.

MooseBeTimeForSummer · 14/12/2019 19:02

A croggy. I’m from East Yorkshire.

handbagsatdawn33 · 14/12/2019 19:02

Crossbar - London.
What will he do with her luggage/baggage/suitcase ?

FeltCarrot · 14/12/2019 19:02

Croggy, brought up in Co Durham.

Allthepinkunicorns · 14/12/2019 19:03

Backie and I'm from London. Dh from Staffordshire also agrees with backie.

Greenandcabbagelooking · 14/12/2019 19:03

A backie - South East.

Galvantula · 14/12/2019 19:03

Backie. Highlands.

terfsandwich · 14/12/2019 19:04

Melbourne - to dink someone. Dinking. "can you give me a dink?"

I had no idea this wasn't universal.

mumderland · 14/12/2019 19:04

Backy - grew up in Derbyshire

FloraGreysteel · 14/12/2019 19:05

A backie.

Elieza · 14/12/2019 19:06

Backie - Scotland

undercoverhero74 · 14/12/2019 19:06

We call it a dubby!! Never heard of a croggy

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