On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:42:10 +0000, Percy Picacity <k...@under.the.invalid>
wrote:
>> PS I am a cyclist.
>
>That would work if you had not referred to several identifiable
>cyclists by that silly label in the past. Which makes you a bit of a
>hypocrite, given that at least one to the cyclists to whom you have
>applied that term posts in ULM. And there isn't a 'definition' of
>psycholist, it is just a term invented in order to insult this
>particular identifiable group of people. The more I think of it, the
>more I think Todal is actually wrong in his original judgement.
"One of the cyclists"? - Who was that I wonder.
There are ordinary cyclists - like me and tens of thousands of other people.
And then there are the psycholists - for some reason ULM attracts them like
flies to dog-shit.
These are the people who fit my (sorry - I meant of course the official OED)
definition below. Do you fit in any way? If so, then you are in deed a
psycholist. (PS - watch out for the P*nct*re Fairy)
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Noun - Psycholist
Pronunciation Key : psy�cho�list.
A cyclist who is one of a small group who frequent the news group
uk.rec.cycling they have invented their own "language" to justify their views:
Examples:
1) "cycle helmet" - they would rather pretend that such devices do not
exist; they will try and overcome their problem by using the alternative
"h*l*et" - or just "h" for short; "lids", and other alternatives may also be
used.
2) "all pedestrians should be required to wear helmets" is a common
attempt to ridicule suggestions that cyclists should wear helmets.
3) They cannot bring themselves to use the word: "facility" in the context
of a "cycling facility". Whatever the facility - they must try and ridicule it
as they will not be able to fully comprehend the benefits as seen for all road
users. This is achieved by using the alternative "farcility".
4) "Cager" is used provocatively instead of the word "motorist", in the
hope that it irritates motorists; it doesn't - it makes them laugh at the
psycholist's inadequacies.
5) "Magic paint" - only used by the most inflicted psycholists. Used to
describe signage specific to cyclists on pavements and roads. Origin unknown.
6) The word "troll" is in common usage in Usenet. However, the
psycholists have adopted it for their own use to apply to anyone who disagrees
with their ingrained and irrational views. This enables them to say "ignore
him - he is a troll" when faced with facts which are too unpalatable for the
psycholist to contemplate - never mind discuss in a sensible fashion.
7) BSO : a bicycle shaped object. If someone's bicycle is not top of the
range, costing at least �500 with disc brakes, and at least 73 LEDs at the
front and 67 when viewed from the rear, then it cannot be called a bicycle.
Anything bought from Halfrauds (sic) must be a BSO.
8) "Peloton" - a rabble of psycholists who think they are above the law.
9) Whenever they hear of a cyclist being killed in an accident - they are
obliged to say things like "My thoughts are with his/her family" when they have
had no dealings with them whatsoever. This is commonly called a wankcry.
10) It is considered bad luck to mention having a puncture: hence the use
of the words "having had a visit from the P*nct*re Fairy". (Yes - these are
grown up people we are talking about!)
Not everyone who frequents the group URC is a "psycholist". Psycholists are not
very bright in general and are obliged to demonstrate that they lack common
sense; they are very good at this.
A common pseudonym for a "psycholist" is "fuckwit".
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