An Arsonist Destroyed an Ancient Wonder of the World for Modern Reasons

Re:An Arsonist Destroyed an Ancient Wonder of the World for ... by Fezzik on Saturday September 19, 2020 @01:15PM (#24528929)

It probably has little-to-no effect on the decline in popularity of the name (especially looking at the time lines), but ‘A Gary’ has been a pejorative term for a bad skier for at least 20 years, if not longer.

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Re:An Arsonist Destroyed an Ancient Wonder of the World for ... by irrational on Saturday September 19, 2020 @01:48PM (#24529192)

I ski, but I’ve never heard of “a Gary”. Can I ask whereabouts you live?

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Re:An Arsonist Destroyed an Ancient Wonder of the World for ... by Fezzik on Saturday September 19, 2020 @04:09PM (#24530038)

I’m in the Pacific Northwest (from Portland, currently in Southern Oregon, moving to Bend in a few weeks). I heard the term primarily from East Coasters when I skied at Alta way-back-when. By the time I was skiing all over the place, around ‘04, it was ubiquitous everywhere I skied, at least for park skiers - Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Montana... It was the ski equivalent of n00b. I’m old now, so I’m not sure if it has had any longevity as a slang term.

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