Croggy - a new one on me.

[brooksby]

I have heard and used it in the 1970's in west Yorkshire.

Seconded.

[Mick F]

I'd hazard it's linked to crossbar, in the same way as chestnut is clipped to cheggy, at least in our North Yorkshire vernacular.

If Chestnut is a Cheggy, I can see why a Crozzy could be a Croggy ............................ but not a Backie .......... or whatever a word could be for the handlebars.

Croggy = Crozzy = riding on the cross-bar.

[Grandad]

Radio Times has a regular "Definitions" feature.

28th Oct-3rd Nov issue is Croggy

[thirdcrank]

The Oxford English Dictionary publishes lists of additions from time to time. Here's the list for September 2017.

http://public.oed.com/the-oed-today/rec ... mber-2017/

Scroll down and croggy is there between cracks and curveballer

[Slowroad]

"Giz a croggy duck!" Love this discussion! To me (grew up in Nottingham) a croggy meant sitting anywhere on the bike, but also we knew it came from crossbar... I've just got back from the Netherlands where of course they have lots of variations on giving passengers a lift. I wonder if they have names for them?
'Cob' is a verb meaning chuck, as in "cob it o'er 'ere".

[speedsixdave]

Yep, croggies and cobs in Alfreton on the Notts/Derbys border in the late 70s and early 80s. I think backie was used too.

To add to the dialectical madness, we used to call the pavement the causey too. Presumably from causeway. Anyone else?

[Cyril Haearn]

Pringled - a new one on me, perfectly describes a buckled wheel

[Cyril Haearn]

farcebook, farcilities, upwrong, moton ..

[PJ520]

Pringled - a new one on me, perfectly describes a buckled wheel

In the US it's pretzeled but pringled is probably more apt.

[Cyril Haearn]

Pringled - a new one on me, perfectly describes a buckled wheel

In the US it's pretzeled but ppringled is probably more apt.

A pretzeled wheel would have to be discarded, in German a buckled wheel is an achter (eighter), looks a bit like a figure 8 from some angles

[keyboardmonkey]

The Oxford English Dictionary publishes lists of additions from time to time. Here's the list for September 2017.

http://public.oed.com/the-oed-today/rec ... mber-2017/

Scroll down and croggy is there between cracks and curveballer

Radio Times has a regular "Definitions" feature.

28th Oct-3rd Nov issue is Croggy

Never mind all that malarkey. It's on a mug and everything!

[mercalia]

Give your mate a BACKY

[Cyril Haearn]

Give your mate a BACKY

backy.JPG

*Can* and *may* swapped again, grrr

[thirdcrank]

... Never mind all that malarkey. It's on a mug and everything! ...

That certainly gives the word some real authenticity. I linked to the recent update of the OED to explain why "croggy" had suddenly leapt to prominence in other parts of the country. It's desk-based journalism. (A bit like forum membership )

[crazydave789]

Croggy means nothing as a word.
That's what I meant.

It doesn't stand for something, it isn't a shortened word, or a rhyming slang word .............. or any other way you want me to explain.

Surely though you could say that about many local words?
I.e. kegs....how could they be linked to trousers?
Barm cake, who except those in the know would know it was a bread bun or a roll
Speaking of trousers how are we supposed to know that those in the NW want to buy trousers when the go to buy a pair of pants?

Dunno, but at least they'll be OK in the US, eh?

I'd spell and pronounce it it "Kecks", BTW - I think there are Regional Regional variations, IYSWIM!

And of course to call someone a barm cake is also used as an affectionate way to tell them they are being daft.

barm cake - thick and full of air, though in scarborough they were baps. barm cakes were bigger like scotties.