term for being annoyed by another birder (1 Viewer)

Sancho · Dec 9, 2014

Can anyone remind me of the term used to describe a situation in which, if I understand correctly, you go to see a rarity, fail miserably,but some other birder succeeds before you and then gloats about it? Something like 'He D.......ed me off', I think. Ta.

foresttwitcher · Dec 9, 2014

Gripped off!

Xenospiza · Dec 9, 2014

Gripping off is the main purpose in life for the competitive birder.

dantheman · Dec 9, 2014

Never occurred to me before, but in real life, getting annoyed with persons involves getting 'ticked off' ...

(and you have to be quite careful about discussing getting gripped off in front of non-birders, naturally).

KenM · Dec 9, 2014

dantheman said:
(and you have to be quite careful about discussing getting gripped off in front of non-birders, naturally).

Surely gender and orientation are the pre-requisites for that consideration

Sancho · Dec 9, 2014

Thanks Guys. I'm teaching English to a bunch of 16 year olds, who obviously have tgeir own argot. They know I'm a birder, and feel terribly sorry for me as a result. I'm writing a little story for them as an exercise in trying to understand the lingo of an alternative subculture, using all the birding terms I can think of. 'Gripped off' eluded me; to be honest I've never actually heard anyone here using it, but I'll include it in the exercise anyway.

dantheman · Dec 9, 2014

You recall the 'acros and acronyms' thread? http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=78471

There's also this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitchers'_vocabulary

Farnboro John · Dec 10, 2014

Sancho said:
Thanks Guys. I'm teaching English to a bunch of 16 year olds, who obviously have tgeir own argot. They know I'm a birder, and feel terribly sorry for me as a result. I'm writing a little story for them as an exercise in trying to understand the lingo of an alternative subculture, using all the birding terms I can think of. 'Gripped off' eluded me; to be honest I've never actually heard anyone here using it, but I'll include it in the exercise anyway.

It's not something to be proud of, though sometimes when the youngsters get uppity its nice to murmur "Little Whimbrel" to put them back in their boxes.

You don't usually need to use the phrase: everyone (especially the grippee) knows when its happened!

John

Sancho · Dec 11, 2014

dantheman said:
You recall the 'acros and acronyms' thread? http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=78471

There's also this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitchers'_vocabulary

Many thanks Dan.

Phil Andrews · Dec 11, 2014

Sancho said:
Can anyone remind me of the term used to describe a situation in which, if I understand correctly, you go to see a rarity, fail miserably,but some other birder succeeds before you and then gloats about it? Something like 'He D.......ed me off', I think. Ta.

Isnt to be "dicked off" to be led astray by a pager message?

term for being annoyed by another birder (1 Viewer)

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