What does 'jey' mean?

[Fnaar]

Currently reading "Obsessive Compulsive Cycling Disorder" by Dave Barter (quite a good read so far, only a few chapters in though). He uses the word 'jey' a couple of times. I googled it, and can only find it on cycling sites (singletrackworld and bike(boooo)radar)... is it a way of avoiding the word 'gay' ?
Genuine question, I'm intrigued, as I'd never seen the word before.

 

[vernon]

In what context did you find the word?

I've found a suggestion that it's a contraction of jersey.

 

[vernon]

Alternatively there's the urban dictionary definition.....

 

[vernon]

Genuine question, I'm intrigued, as I'd never seen the word before.

Possibly because you don't mix with the nobbers that use the term.

 

[Fnaar]

In similar (bike related) contexts to these.... haven't got the book with me today, but these are the online ones I've found). Used after the word 'very'.

http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12696324
(very jey Carrera Fury)

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/road-under-helmet-caps-retro-cool-or-very-jey/page/2
(Road under helmet caps: retro cool, or very jey?)

 

[Spinney]

Hmm - not a term to be encouraged on CycleChat, I think

But you learn something new every day! Often things you didn't really want to know at all!

 

[simon.r]

I was a regular on Singletrack when 'jey' started to be used. It was a play on 'gay' and meant a bit effeminate, usually used in a good natured mickey taking context.

 

[Fnaar]

Thank you folks... I'd sort of guessed what it meant, but thanks for confirming. It isn't a word I shall be adding to my active lexicon.

 

[Bollo]

Ok - one back at Fnaar. When I was growing up in the '80s as the only Southerner in all of Northumberland, the proper local kids would use the word cat', or even 'muckle cat' for 'rubbish' or 'crap' - often heard "'Toon were f***** cat, man". I can't find a reference anywhere though. Unlike 'jey', I think 'cat' is canny.

 

[Fnaar]

Don't know about 'cat' @Bollo (I too am a southerner in the northlands)

 

[Bollo]

Don't know about 'cat' @Bollo (I too am a southerner in the northlands)

Arrrgh - it's going to annoy me now.

 

[Bollo]

Jey is jelly for people who have a phobia of L.

That's just boocks!

 

[Paul99]

That's just boocks!

Boo said that?

 

[Beebo]

That's just boocks!

very good, have a ike

 

[classic33]

[QUOTE 2795178, member: 259"]I always thought it was a variation of cack.[/quote]
Similar variation found in Yorkshire, meaning exactly the same thing.