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Clearing some things up: the term "gaper"
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alright so ive heard many different words refering to someone who sucks at skiing/is a beginner...but in the Midwest we dont really use the term gaper. so:
how do you pronounce this word?
is it: gaper, is in the store The Gap, or a goggle gap
or is it: gaper, as in gayper, or to gape (to watch)
clear this up NS, its a matter of national security
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it comes from the GAP between the bottom of their hats and the top of their goggles making it gaper as in the store gap
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i think it comes from the people from nebraska who take ski trips to CO, pull over on the side of the highway, and just gape at 'dem big mouwwwnt'ns!
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Gaper (GAYper)
1: Noun: A tourist who can't ski and or looks like a fool with tight clothing that is oddly colored.
2: Noun: A skier in the park and or groomers that is snow plowing off jumps of rails or ruin money corduroy.
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well there are a few things that are style crimes, jeans while skiing, goggle gap, sunglasses, pants tucked into boots, gloves tied outside the jacket, tight clothing any of these are style crimes and you should be shot for them
these also make you a GAYper
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sounds right. Also the gap between the hat and goggles
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gaper (GAYper) is not to be confused with the gaper gap, which is the gap between goggles and helmet, which gapers have. which is why it is called a gaper (GAYper) gap. just remember that they're all gay, and that will help with pronunciation
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wrongo. it comes from the gap, but is pronounced gayper. gaper as in the gap just sounds stupid.
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yea. didn't you guys learn in elementary school that if you have an "e" after the "p" it makes a long "a" sound?
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Yeah if it was gaper as in gap it would be spelled gapper...I yhink
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yep, def 'gay-per', gaper gap being the description for the above described costume malfunction.
and for the guy above, they are not jeans, its called texas gortex.
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and as for you, top of the class
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yah shit around here we call dem newbs or punters
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gaper is pronounced gayper but isnt spelled gayper. and it the gap in between their goggle
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no its gayper. and we use it a ton here in the east
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i use the term gaeper. like leon dunny does. but i call those people jeaners.
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Gayper: as in a person who has a space between their goggles and their helmet that it "gaping"
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yep, and midwest uses gaper more than anywhere else since this is where tourist come to ski
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i prefer hack but gaper works too
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Um the midwest follows every trend the west and east coast has so, um, I don't know if you've been under a rock for the past 2-4 years but its used everywhere. Even the Gapers use Gaper. And I come from a redneck town where everybody is involved with FFA and at there are at least 5 converstations about making a lawn mower go 30 MPH.
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A Gayper is everything that has been metioned on this subject. Also look for carhartt pants, zipped open jacket and some times no goggles. Ex.
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thats pretty dam gnar....
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thw word gaper (gayper) does not come from the gap between goggles and hat. it comes from the word gape(-to stare with open mouth, as in wonder- OR -a stare, as in astonishment or with the mouth wide open-). The word gaper originated because people who sucked at skiing would stand around and gape at others who were very good. therefore someone who sucks is a gaper(gayper). it now has developed into a word signifying those who suck at skiing and with that comes a wardrobe including tight one pieces, bright colors, tucked in jeans, AND a gap between the hat and goggles. the last one being the reason that someone thought it was pronounced gappper (like the gap store). therefore the gap between hat and goggles is a subordinate characteristic within the superordinate category of "gayper".
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its people who does crazy huuge gaps!!! like candide thovex is a gaper! when tanner cased on chads gap he was a wanna be gaper..
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