Soft landing- That miraculous, but not smooth looking, landing in the soft loam, snow, or mud after your air travel, unscheduled flight, comes to an end. Miraculous because you somehow missed the trees and rocks that would have damaged your "landing gear".

Landing gear-That part of your body that gets damaged by an unscheduled flight. Wrists, butts, feet, etc. are included in this ever growing list.

 

Bell ringer - an impact to the head that leaves you seeing double. I've personally had my bell rung pretty good on one occasion.

 

Is this a sticky, because somebody should make it a sticky if it isnt

 

Dusty- a) adj. That condition where the plume of soft sand lingers in the air as you roar down the trail. It resembles the sand storms often seen in Arizona. It is also what gets inhaled in its entirety by your friends who are behind you because you're "leading the way on new trails".
b) Any of your riding buddies who was named after the clouds of fine particulate sand that now covers him, inside and out.

Trail leader-n. The person who has the map, gps, and the most "experience" on the trails you'll be riding today. He is seldom elected and usually takes the burden of leading the others on himself. Especially when trail conditions can be described as "dusty".

I'm not lost- What the "experienced" "trail leader" says when the trail he's taking you down gets more and more narrow until only a small dog could possibly wedge itself between the brush. All the while saying, "It opens up in just a few hundred feet."

 

Buttrophy-(n.) That condition that is acquired after riding for two hours without standing up on the footpegs/footwells for a little while here and there. Especially pronounced after riding two or more hours over roots, rocks, whoops, and other trail obstructions.

Blood flow-(n.) That restored phenomena that occurs when you finally stand up on your footwells. It usually requires a few hundred feet's worth of walking to remind your body that it, indeed, needs this.

 

Is it deep?-This innocent sounding question is mostly asked by the novice rider or other uninitiated, newbie just before entering a quad swallowing lake or mud hole. Unknown to the newbie the more seasoned riders' answers are based on a comparative reasoning. Something like, "Well, compared to the Grand Canyon this water hole isn't too deep". This unspoken line of reasoning is usually summed up as, "Nah, it's not too deep."

 

Trail Trophies- those scars, remaining pains, and other injuries that remain with you long after the journey that administered them to your body has come to an end. Twists, sprains, scrapes, scars, lingering pain, cracked skulls, ribs, and kneecaps, and any other of the thousands of labels can be applied here.

 

"He looks like he's going to get hypothermia...." This oft repeated phrase refers to the fellow rider who believed the tall tales of, "It's not too deep", before entering a water hole that causes him to bail out and swim for shore. Often spoken between fits of laughter, it is meant to calm and soothe the soaked rider and encourage him that it's all okay.

"It's all okay". The phrase spoken by riders who did not attempt the trail hazard that has left a fellow rider with a hydro-locked engine, or with a machine that has given up the ghost. This is a truthful saying but only for those on dry ground.

 

We're taking the Condensed ATV Dictionary over to the homepage with a few of the more common entries:

Words That Have Different Meaning to ATV Enthusiasts - ATVConnection.com

 

Ha-Ha-Ha....This is the sound often heard coming from your fellow riders after YOU have just experienced any (one or multiple) of the aforementioned terms in this thread.