Pet peeve: when people use the word "tramp" in place of trampoline

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May 30, 2017
12:03:37am

buffgato Starter

Pet peeve: when people use the word "tramp" in place of trampoline

I think it's a Utah thing? I've only heard it there anyway. To everyone else, that word means something else...

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Pet peeve: when people use the word "tramp" in place of trampoline

buffgato

5/30/17 12:03am

I can do a back flip on a tramp. Found that out a few days ago

TheDeek

5/30/17 12:06am

Mods? ?

jaredm

5/30/17 6:45am

So, if I tell my kids to go play on the tramp, is that bad?

The Board Genius

5/30/17 12:14am

Don't let it bug you, it's easier to say. "Dad, can I go jump on the tramp?"

5/30/17 12:42am

If I ever opened a trampoline store...

mvtoro

5/30/17 1:02am

Stay away from the dirty tramp down the street.

Blue Heart

5/30/17 1:06am

Tramps are dangerous without the right safety equipment.

chilango

5/30/17 5:05am

The word used to mean homeless person

coolcats

5/30/17 6:12am

Don't think it is a Utah thing. Heard it in AZ, TX, and FL. It is a common term.

BYUtka

5/30/17 6:27am

It's a kid thing. We all called it a tramp as kids growing up in Oregon.

supertux

5/30/17 6:30am

How do you feel about the movie Lady and the Tramp

v1k0u6

5/30/17 7:06am

Never seen it, actually

buffgato

5/30/17 8:36am

The only "people" I have heard use it are kids.

WJCougar

5/30/17 7:15am

My wife and her friends definitely use it.

chilango

5/30/17 7:23am

This post was prompted by a grown woman saying she bought a tramp for her kids

buffgato

5/30/17 8:32am

I broke my ankle jumping on a tramp as a kid

Mathlete

5/30/17 7:20am

Did she have a stamp?

John Doe

5/30/17 8:02am

Me too, but it was a shorter tramp (But not an exercise tramp either)

5/30/17 8:44am

It never ceases to amaze me the things we try to ascribe to Utah culture.

kccougar

5/30/17 7:37am

It's hard to live down the legacy of "Oh my heck!" and "fetch."

chilango

5/30/17 7:48am

oh my heck you're such a fetchen flipper. Gosh!

GeauxCougs

5/30/17 7:59am

Why? I never heard that term until living there and haven't heard it since

buffgato

5/30/17 8:34am

I've always wondered why Cher sang about Gypsies and Thieves using Trampolines.

ByuMba90

5/30/17 8:52am

That's an interesting insight. I bet you raise your hand a lot in Sunday School.

OneUpper

5/30/17 9:03am

Pretty much never, thanks for playing though

buffgato

5/30/17 9:16am

RE: Pet peeve: when people use the word "tramp" in place of trampoline

Indy Coug

5/30/17 9:09am

I prefer "'poline"

SoCalCoug

5/30/17 10:14am

Not a Utah thing..trampolines are probably just more common in Utah

Machiavelli

5/30/17 2:32pm

Um, pretty sure you can poll 50 states and ask what is meant by the term

StalwartBraveTrue

5/31/17 8:26am

We said that in Idaho when I was a kid, and I'm 48 years old.

Wear Blue

5/31/17 5:44pm

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