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Outside the Arena
Counter Canter With
Garry Stauber |
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Equine Words You May Not Know |
by Garry Stauber |
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Linda Eskin wrote a great article "How To Make Fun of 'Citiots'" which is featured in this month's Equestrian Network Magazine. I asked if we could republish it in two parts and |
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she graciously agreed. See part two of her article next month. |
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In this month's article she describes the word "citidiot." |
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Citidiot - Someone from an urban area who moves to a rural area. They come in masses, seemingly overnight and ruin small town life.
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"Them damn citidiots are buyin' up the best deer huntin' spots and buildin' their fancy summer homes." |
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I later found out there is an entire dictionary for terms such as this, called "Urban Dictionary." But after reading it, I realized I knew a few equine terms that weren't in the dictionary. Here are a few of my equine terms. Feel free to add some of your own in the comment section below.
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Tardytrekker = someone who always arrives late to trail rides and keeps the whole group waiting.
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Equinfecalspector = a person who is willing to examine equine fecal matter.
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Hoofin-highfalutin' = a person having a feeling of superiority about their knowledge of equine subjects.
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Barefootologist = someone learning and practicing all things relating to horses going barefoot.
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Riding Shirtless = bareback riding.
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Bi-lingquine = rides English and western or rides horses and mules. |
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Meds for Keds = what will be needed by those who wear tennis shoes (especially Keds) when they ride.
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Equinhobo = horse trainer or rodeo cowboy without a girlfriend, which results in being homeless.
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Bronc-Magnet = horse person who owns a lot of horses that cannot or will not be ridden.
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Tackaholic = a person who collects enormous amounts of horse tack.
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Horseaholic = a person who collects enormous numbers of horses.
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Workaholic = spouse of a person who is a tackaholic and a horseaholic.
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Pensationalist = a person who really enjoys team penning.
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Buckadooo = a buck so hard it will knock your wig off.
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Equidini = A horse or mule that continually escapes from its stall. |
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Equiculinary Princess = The Rachel Ray of the equine world, able to mix supplements and grains into equine culinary masterpieces. |
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Martha Barn-Stewart = A horse owner who keeps her barn cleaner than her home. |
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Feel free to add some of your own in the comment section below. |
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Read comments or post your own comments to this article at the bottom of this page. |
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Garry rode the length of California on horseback with a packhorse in 2003. The trip took 3 1/2 months and covered 1350 miles. Upon completion of this trip, Garry became a member of The Long Riders Guild. Now he is President of the Ohlone Riders Unit of the Backcountry Horsemen of California. He is a horse trainer and NARHA Registered Therapeutic Riding Instructor. As a member of the Wilderness Rider Program, Garry is a trained and certified instructor and spokesperson for the U.S. Forest Service, National Parks Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Game Department and Backcountry Horsemen of California. He is an equestrian writer and has had over 100 articles published in 15 magazines. Garry is Chairman of the Board of The DreamPower Foundation, which provides equine therapy to children and adults with mental and emotional problems. In 2004, Garry retired from a 20 year career as an Executive in Silicon Valley. |
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Copyright © 2008 All rights reserved. The above article is the property of the Author and may not be duplicated or redistributed in any way without permission. |
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Reader comments for this article |
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Name: NickerIt Time: 2008-02-18 23:02:18
Comment: Wonderful list. Hope you can keep coming up with more.
Name: Carrie Johnen Time: 2008-02-10 22:02:44
Comment: Women
Horse
Owners
Anonymous
A 12 step group for horseaholics and Bronc magnets.
Name: GP Time: 2008-02-01 16:02:08
Comment: LOL.. More than a grain (pun intended) of truth... Trot on friend, trot on
GP in Montana
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