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Gaper... Pronounced Gape-r... Or Gap-er?

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scottishskier
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Gaper... Pronounced Gape-r... Or Gap-er?
Apr 23 2011 3:24PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Gay-per.
Apr 23 2011 3:24PM
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canterbury
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this
Apr 23 2011 3:25PM
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adamlukowski
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Hmmm if it was pronounced gap-er it would be spelled gapper...
Apr 23 2011 3:36PM
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Stickity
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this

lurn english foolz
Apr 23 2011 3:43PM
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Balto
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Apr 23 2011 3:49PM
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412.
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thank you.
Apr 23 2011 5:10PM
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joshua
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Anyone know where the word came from?
Apr 23 2011 5:14PM
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shr@gler
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gheypurr
Apr 23 2011 5:15PM
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razors-chaz
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Gaper-this is acutally an acronym that stand for Guaranteed Accident Prone on Every Run. Referring for a skier or snowboarder, usually wearing bright 80's ski gear that cannot ski or ride, or a tourist in a mountain town who walks around with their mouth agape in awe of the mountains! urbandictionary.com
Apr 23 2011 5:28PM
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fatherb
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I believe it is derived from the word "gap", referring to the gap between the goggles and the helmet, commonly referred to as "gaper gap"
Apr 23 2011 5:50PM
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scottishskier
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yep thats what i know it to be!

Apr 23 2011 5:52PM
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shr@gler
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The real reson is that all gapers are a species of unintelligent, flatlanders who rarely visit mountainous areas. Their weak legs are the source of their strange behaviour. Out of sheer confusion they beleive they must assume the "GAPE" ie.(gaping asshole) position to increase their velocity whilst sliding.

see pic. below.

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they also have a strange atrraction to standing on knuckles, hitting lips sideways, and falling off lifts. Yet without them most of us probably wouldnt have the facilities to ski. which creates the gaper/love paradox! they seem to be accepting their fate as if they are about to be FUCKED!

Apr 23 2011 5:53PM
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monkatizer
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Apr 23 2011 5:53PM
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scottishskier
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brilliant +k
Apr 23 2011 5:56PM
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Lemuel
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It must also be noted that one cannot properly imitate the natural gaping stance, it just looks fake. LOL
Apr 23 2011 7:34PM
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Skithedeep
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The term has been around longer than helmets have...hat gap too?
Apr 23 2011 8:00PM
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zerospinskier
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Nutz
Apr 23 2011 8:01PM
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.squirrely.
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i loled
Apr 23 2011 10:15PM
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Skithedeep
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so true haha
Apr 23 2011 10:22PM
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crab_pretzel
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that, and it stands for Gay Ass People who Rent (the e was thrown in there to make it phonetically (sp?) correct)
Apr 23 2011 10:31PM
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holy.shep
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no its beacuse their mouth gapes open at the sight of people actually hitting things
May 7 2011 10:20PM
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n.i.c.k
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*learn english fools

jeez learn english man
May 7 2011 10:27PM
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I_liketobutter
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now that i have left the mountains i encounter the....

urban gaper

the urban gaper is anyone in the city who drives, walks, or has a gaperish aura about them. but instead of just on the mountains, they act like a gaper in the city.

prime example of an urban gaper is someone pulling up to a gas pump on the wrong side and failing to make the hose reach. and instead of turning around, they keeping moving their car back and forth in a gaper-like parallel parking type motion until it reaches.

the gaper - bringing a sustainable lifestyle and joy to the ski bum since ____.
May 7 2011 10:28PM
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ABH
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You're a gaper for asking about how to say gaper, gaper.
May 7 2011 10:35PM
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holy.shep
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yes.
May 7 2011 10:38PM
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AWALLRUS.
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bahahahhaha gaping assholes
May 7 2011 10:49PM
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tall_t
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legs too wide
arms flapping

or
tuck with poles at a 90 degree angle
May 7 2011 11:16PM
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DaysToCome
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if you have to ask...
May 7 2011 11:16PM
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Travapple.
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lol@gap-er
May 8 2011 1:08AM
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Ungeiist
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yeh pretty sure it's a reference to the gap even though it's pronounced gay-per
May 8 2011 7:10AM
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cwillygood
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hahahha what a funny ironic thread
May 8 2011 8:24AM
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james6345789
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to me, a gaper is the person who stands straight up and pizzas, while they put there poles in their armpits. do they really think they will go faster just because they put their poles in their armpits? and if you want to go faster WHY ARE YOU PIZZAING?
May 8 2011 10:00AM
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RubberSoul
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if it was gap-er it'd be spelled with 2 p's...?
May 8 2011 3:26PM
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danbrown
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no, no its not
May 8 2011 3:28PM
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JStrathern
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Maybe it's because they stand on the knuckle and gape at the tricks being thrown?

Gape - noun - a stare, as in astonishment or with the mouth wide open.
May 8 2011 3:52PM
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CassiusClay
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Gaaa pear, real french like
May 8 2011 8:55PM
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Shredability
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Makes sense
May 8 2011 9:04PM
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ilikefood
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I always called the helmet gap a gorbie      (gor-bee for clarifications sake)
May 8 2011 9:25PM
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chicken
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that is pretty gaperish of you for asking :P

I just learned how to pronunce "yosemite" today
May 8 2011 9:36PM
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