"Splitter" as an adjective

Using the word "splitter" to describe anything other than a crack is stupid and obnoxious. This goes for "splitter weather", "splitter weekend", and any other usage.

That's all.

Sounds like a Colorado thing.

Austin Baird wrote:This goes for "splitter weather", "splitter weekend", and any other usage.

Wait.
People actually say shit like that?

Marc801 wrote: Wait. People actually say shit like that?

On the front range.....yes

Marc801 wrote: Wait. People actually say shit like that?

Very, very annoying people do.

This is a heady thread.

Zach M wrote:This is a heady thread.

You mean this is a splitter thread?

aikibujin wrote: You mean this is a splitter thread?

Bomber.

there is something in the water out there in colorado...

Marc801 wrote: Wait. People actually say shit like that?

Calling them "people" is charitable at best. I prefer "d-bag". And by that, of course I mean dudebroman bag, because I wouldn't want to violate guideline #1.

Didn't I have an extended rant about this a couple years ago? Or was it "rig"?

Zach M wrote:This is a heady thread.

It's hella chronic brah!

highaltitudeflatulentexpulsion wrote:Didn't I have an extended rant about this a couple years ago? Or was it "rig"?

Pretty sure it was rig.

Chronic splitter rigs are real braj.

Do women in need of haircuts on the front range complain of "splitter hair"?

Sigh...
camp4.wordpress.com/2012/12…

I bet they climbed lots of splitter corner cracks and dihedrals on that trip!

Still not feeling sorry for you guys for having to put up with this based on the sheer amount of rock you can drunkenly stumble to...

Mike Brady wrote: On the front range.....yes

Also the Alaska Range, at least since 2008: alaskamountaineeringschool.…
And Yosemite: ryanhuetter.com/2008_11_01_…
And Red Rocks: mojoclimb.blogspot.com/2008…

Ironically these posts are almost as old as the "it's not going to happen" meme (Mean Girls, 2004).

Back in 1755 Samuel Johnson had something to say about this.

"May the lexicographer be derided, who being able to produce no example of a nation that has preserved their words and phrases from mutability, shall imagine that his dictionary can embalm his language... Academies have been instituted, to guard the avenues of their languages, to retain fugitives, and repulse intruders; but their vigilance and activity have hitherto been vain..."

What if I only say it as a joke to make fun of people who say it? Similar to bruh...

I caught myself before I replied "Splitter" to a non-climbing friend's "How's the weather out there now?" question the other day.

"Splitter" when applied to weather doesn't bother me as much as 'rig' or mis-use of 'dirtbag' for some reason. Perhaps, because there is nothing more awesome to hear than a forecast calling for "splitter weather" after all this monsoonal moisture?...