Where did the term...

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sandbagger come from?
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I asked my grandfather that question about 45 years ago...His exact reply is long from my memory, but I think I can shed some light on what I was told.

Days of old...

Circle car racers used to place "Sandbags" in their cars, to slow performance during time trials.

This was done to Handi-cap them. They were given better start positions (they did that in the old days, slow guys up front)

Then before race time remove the bags, the car was then lighter, and faster.

Please don't quote me on this, my grandfather enjoyed his Vodka, on a regular basis.
10/6/2008 1:53pm Edited Date/Time 10/6/2008 1:53pm
Slow ~ Pro wrote:
I asked my grandfather that question about 45 years ago...His exact reply is long from my memory, but I think I can shed some light on...
I asked my grandfather that question about 45 years ago...His exact reply is long from my memory, but I think I can shed some light on what I was told.

Days of old...

Circle car racers used to place "Sandbags" in their cars, to slow performance during time trials.

This was done to Handi-cap them. They were given better start positions (they did that in the old days, slow guys up front)

Then before race time remove the bags, the car was then lighter, and faster.

Please don't quote me on this, my grandfather enjoyed his Vodka, on a regular basis.
Thats what ive been told also
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10/6/2008 1:54pm
I was going to guess something similar in regards to drag racing, but I don't really know.
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Question: What is the Origin of the Term "Sandbagger"?

Answer: A sandbagger is a nasty species of golf vermin who lies about his true playing abilities - making himself seem worse than he is - in order to gain advantage in tournaments or bets.

We all know what a sand bag is, but how did bags of sand enter the golf lexicon?

First, the word doesn't derive from the type of sand bags we're all familiar with. It's not the defensive sand bags - those used for flood control, lining foxholes, and so on - but the offensive sand bags that give us the word "sandbagger."

Gangs and street toughs of the 19th century used sand bags as a weapon of choice. Take a sock or small bag, fill it with sand, wrap it tightly, and wail away on someone (well, don't actually wail away on someone, but imagine that you are) and you'll see how effective a weapon a small sand bag can be.

Gang members used such weapons to intimidate their foes or average citizens. To threaten and bully the populace.

This definition of sandbagger - a person who uses a sand bag as a weapon - can still be found in many dictionaries; it's the first definition for the word in most older dictionaries.

But the word didn't go directly from its gangland origins into golf; there was an intermediary step in its adoption by the sports world, and golf, to mean someone who misrepresents his ability to gain an advantage.

According to the website Word-Detective.com, that intermediary step was poker.

Say you're in a poker match and you're dealt a fantastic hand. If you place a huge bet right off the bat, you might scare most of your poker mates into folding. Instead, you might choose to bet small amounts, hoping to keep your opponents in the match, increasing the pot, up until the moment you show your cards.

As Word-Detective.com puts it, the poker meaning "... described a player who held off raising the stakes in order to lull the other players into a false sense of security. The poker sandbagger would pounce late in the game, clobbering the other players with his good hand."

The poker player, in other words, misled his opponents about how good his hand was ... until it was time to whip out the "sand bag" and beat those same opponents with it.

And that's how "sandbagger" came to have its golf meaning.

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What's a Tea-Bagger then?
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v1rus99 wrote:
What's a Tea-Bagger then?
almost a Cleveland Steamer..... Smile
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Our team uses the term to label someone as a dirty rider, you know.. the ones who hog the track and take people out. Just down right dirty riders
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v1rus99 wrote:
What's a Tea-Bagger then?
You asked...

1. tea bagger
Someone who rests their testicles on another person face, while they are asleep/passed out.
I tea-bagged melissa when she was drunk!

2. tea bagger
when a guy drops his balls into a girls mouth while she is awake
dipping ones balls into your girls mouth like a tea bag into a mug

3. tea bagger
guy dipping his balls into a girls mouth, slowly going up and down just like a tea bagg
i tea bag my gf all the time
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10/7/2008 10:01am Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 8:44pm
How about squid & spode then?
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10/7/2008 10:06am Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 8:44pm
Spode
N. A term used in the dirtbike scene when describing someone who obviously isn't very good. They are usually on a crappy stock bike with no aftermarket parts, wearing unmatched ghetto gear, sitting down most of the time (injuries are exceptions as long as yoo look the part), elbows are down instead of out, and various other ridiculous things that should never be seen on a dirtbike track.

Squid
A young motorcyclist who overestimates his abilities, boasts of his riding skills when in reality he has none. Squid bikes are usually decorated with chrome and various anodized bits. Rear tyres are too wide for their own good, swingarm extended. Really slow in the corners, and sudden bursts of acceleration when a straight appears. Squids wear no protection, deeming themselves invincible. This fact compounds intself with the fact that they engage in 'extreem riding'--performing wheelies and stoppies in public areas. Squids wreck alot. Derived from 'squirly kid'
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Wow...
Google that shit kidd
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MxBbayGirl wrote:
Our team uses the term to label someone as a dirty rider, you know.. the ones who hog the track and take people out. Just down...
Our team uses the term to label someone as a dirty rider, you know.. the ones who hog the track and take people out. Just down right dirty riders
Your team sucks...
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Urban Dictionary Yo
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MxBbayGirl wrote:
Our team uses the term to label someone as a dirty rider, you know.. the ones who hog the track and take people out. Just down...
Our team uses the term to label someone as a dirty rider, you know.. the ones who hog the track and take people out. Just down right dirty riders
Foster576 wrote:
Your team sucks...
Whats your problem dude??
Anybody need a set of handlebars??
You can just pull the one shoved up this guys ass
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MxBbayGirl wrote:
Whats your problem dude??
Anybody need a set of handlebars??
You can just pull the one shoved up this guys ass
boobie pic?
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MxBbayGirl wrote:
Whats your problem dude??
Anybody need a set of handlebars??
You can just pull the one shoved up this guys ass
CRF122 wrote:
boobie pic?
Hah!
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You guys fucking suck..
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10/7/2008 10:26am
So no?
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CRF122 wrote:
So no?
Shes scared.
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Yeahh, your right.
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Not one Gman reference?



This place is bullshit anymore.




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?????

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