When you say "bike" it's seldom clear if you mean bicycle or motorcycle. The word is used for both.

Motorbike isn't used much in the US, though I wish it were. Words like "pushbike" sound a little bit infantilizing for the human powered version too.

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neku wrote on April 7, 2021 at 2:24 AM

henceforth the only acceptable shorthand term for motorcycle is "hog"

how do you feel about the term pedalcycle?

honestly thought this thread was gonna be about whether it's cool or not to give names like Paul to a bike

Mike is short for Motorbike

from now on call a motorcycle a bike and a bicycles a bice

Bice is the plural tho. e.g. "I saw a group of riders zipping by on bice."

i guess you could say the proper usage of the word is..... dibiceive

Took me a second to parse that but when I did I gave a hearty groan.

motorcycle is mike and bicycle is bike