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General => The Campfire => Topic started by: tlhdoc on Mar 23, 2006, 07:05 PM

Title: Camping terms that have other meanings
Post by: tlhdoc on Mar 23, 2006, 07:05 PM
Camping has its own terms, but some terms used by campers have more than one meaning.  One meaning for campers and another more common meaning for people in general.  Two examples are  "TV" and "Black Ice".  "TV" in the camping forums is a Tow Vehicle, not a television.  Most people think of "black ice" as ice that looks like the surface is just wet, not frozen.  From a recent camping trip I was on, the term "black ice"took on a new meaning when a friends 40 gallon black water tank froze creating a 40 gallon block of "black ice".  What other common terms have special meanings for campers?:)
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Post by: AustinBoston on Mar 23, 2006, 08:39 PM
How about pop up?  For others, it means 1) arriving without invitation or 2) those annoying ads on your screen.

Austin
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Post by: brainpause on Mar 23, 2006, 08:42 PM
How about "camping?"

For my in-laws, that means staying at a 3 star hotel (instead of a 4 or 5). :)

Larry
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Post by: wavery on Mar 23, 2006, 09:04 PM
How about "Music"...............I won't elaborate :p
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Post by: SkipP on Mar 24, 2006, 05:28 PM
A perfectly innocent discussion on hitches can get away from you real fast. Tongue size, length, extension....rise, fall...........subjects best suited for discussion around a campfire or Camping World.

:D
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Post by: cyclone on Mar 24, 2006, 07:56 PM
And this is why Skip is Kelly's quiet friend.  :D
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Post by: SpeakEasy on Mar 25, 2006, 08:31 AM
gray (as in
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Post by: griffsmom on Mar 25, 2006, 11:33 AM
Honey Wagon.  

Believe me, you don' t want this "honey" on your breakfast biscuit!
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Post by: Kelly on Mar 25, 2006, 03:02 PM
Quote from: SkipPA perfectly innocent discussion on hitches can get away from you real fast. Tongue size, length, extension....rise, fall...........subjects best suited for discussion around a campfire or Camping World.

:D


Perfectly innocent???  If you say so.

He's not my quiet friend, Jan. He just pretends to be quiet.   ;)

I was gonna say Honey Wagon, but I see Lori beat me to it!
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Post by: Dee4j on Mar 25, 2006, 06:47 PM
Apples-  it's not a fruit ...it's a game

Dolphins-  all I can post about it is eh-eh eh-eh
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Post by: tlhdoc on Mar 26, 2006, 08:28 AM
I really don't like it when the honey wagon spreads its contents on the farm fields.:yikes: