Lycra lout

English

Etymology

Alliterative, after lager lout.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Lycra lout (plural Lycra louts)

1. (UK, slang, derogatory) An irresponsible cyclist, typically dressed in elastane cycling shorts and a cycling jersey and riding a racing bicycle.
   • 2001, Edward Page, Governing by numbers: delegated legislation and everyday policy-making:

     The Daily Mail and Alun Michael might well have been right to think that Lycra louts were important to the public, but that does not make it an issue of high politics.

   • 2007, Paul Rosen, Peter Cox, David Horton, Cycling and society:

     Red traffic lights mean nothing to the Lycra lout, the psycho cyclist, the berk on a bike (Parsons 2002, 21).

   • 2007, Catherine Deveny, It's not my fault they print them:

     Is it my imagination, or is the world being taken over by Lycra louts with their arses in the air, their handlebars on the bitumen and their anti-erectile-dysfunction gel inserts firmly installed?

Synonyms

• road warrior

See also

• MAMIL