“The Whip” by any other name?

[gamble]

Agreed, and that being stated, I would join the swelling numbers of Purwells on any street coner – I am a Wednesday Derby man and cannot change the damn spots.

Oh dear 😮 the page has turned and the many have been silenced.

[IanDavies]

Nothing upsets a narcissist more than his posting winding up bottom of a page!

“The Whip” nudging towards 40%, but the alternative coalition still has over 60%.

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[gamble]

Might I confess to often counting the posts to plan an assault and I have a pet name for the last post on a page – the sacrificial lamb – little Ruby.

The people that want a change will often reply and vote in these sort of fact finding opinion contests. I suppose you can say that the majority want change but that sort of ascribes the statistics in here to the silent majority who are probably mostly lazy
retentionists.

[Ghost of Rob V]

How about these alternatives…

The Tap
The Clip
The Swat
The Boon

[IanDavies]

Where were these alternatives last week?

Pick the one you like most and I’ll add it!

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[Ghost of Rob V]

I didn’t come up with the alternatives last week. Just a random thing today.

The Boon is my preference for these two reasons…
1) The word ‘Boon’ means advantage in a good way. A blessing, benefit, godsend, etc.
2) Boon, to me at least, sounds amusing in combat. I see it as an implement that gets the horse to go faster without the sharper meaning of ‘whip’.
Now imagine a Commentator yelling “The jockey has gone for the Boon!” 😀

[IanDavies]

Duly added.

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[BigG]

Not forgetting Ghost, there’s always Daniel Boon

[Miss Woodford]

No need for euphemisms, just call it what it is: a riding crop. Whips are flexible and have a piece of leather or rope at the end that can be cracked to make noise. Crops are one solid piece. Harness racing drivers use whips, jockeys use crops. Simple.

vs.

[IanDavies]

With respect, Miss Woodford, it’s not about “euphemisms,” it’s about whether a fundamentally-altered device here in the UK should retain its current actual name in the 21st century environment.

The world is, for personal wont of a better term, more “woke” than it was and public opinion influences political policy.

And I suspect it’s tacit acknowledgment of that which has led to most votes for a new NAME, not a new or existing euphemism, for the implement in this poll.

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[Purwell]

My er “lady friend” says she is going to “whup my ass”

I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I crawled on six crooked highways

[Marlingford]

The modern device does indeed seem to be a riding crop rather than a whip in the technical sense, so calling it as such is logical as Miss Woodford says.

But whether it is the most attractive term for modern sensibilities is another matter – it still has a somewhat harsh sound to my ears.

[Ghost of Rob V]

As with most things, subcategories lie within. Relating to just ‘whip’ could mean anything from Cat o’ Nine Tails to Bull Whip to Crop…
So when it comes to horseracing, finding a suitable design of a whip to satisfy the moral majority of a sensitive generation of people is a delicate path to tread. A suitable name to accompany the design makes a lot of sense.
I like Ian’s motive behind this topic.

[Archipenko]

Cambridge English Dictionary

crop (noun)

a short stick used to control a horse by hitting it

Collins English Dictionary

crop (short for riding crop)

a short whip with a thong at one end and a handle for opening gates at the other

Oxford English Dictionary

crop (short for riding crop)

a short flexible whip with a loop for the hand, used in riding horses.

[Richard88]

‘What I am getting is – despite this being a horse racing forum – the number wanting a change of name is almost double those with “defiant resistance”.’

First past the post in a nutshell

[IanDavies]

For sure, there is an anti “The Whip” Rainbow Alliance which would sweep “The Whip” out of office were this a PR poll!

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[Archipenko]

Not even defiant resistance in my case.

It’s the fact it’s called a whip/stick and there’s no point pretending otherwise!

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