Word origin

[Big Dave]

I feel safer on the bike, but then, my van is a mitsi.

Cager is just the car version of biker imo. I don't think it is derogatory at all, unless used in a derogatory manner obviously.

It's the Plastic Pocket pen protector of motorcycling. Say cager = interwibble nerdie boy.

[oneofsix]

Really? See I use it just for someone in a 4-wheeled vehicle i.e. at the mo while the tank is in the shop I am caging it.
I thought it was just to refer to the steel "cage" around the person & the lack of "freedom" that there cage gives them.
People like the one you described I just simply call "fucking wanker" as they can be found on many vehicles, tho more prevalent in people movers, Holdens, lesser SUV's, & lycra.

yes, a cager is just an inclusive word for cars, trucks, SUVs stc where the pilot is encaged in steel.

I feel safer on the bike, but then, my van is a mitsi.

Cager is just the car version of biker imo. I don't think it is derogatory at all, unless used in a derogatory manner obviously.

Wont go as far as a cager being a car version of a bike but agree it is not derogatory at all. Like all words it is the manner of use. A great example is the word 'gay', was a great joyous word, then adopted be the queers as a non-derogatory inclusive word for homos and lesies but now these very people are complaining 'gay' is now a derogatory word for them. It all depends on usage.

Today I will be a cager as I have to drive the family places. Tomorrow I will be a biker. no, not the big hairy leather and chain clad gang type most non motorcyclist think of when you say biker.

[bogan]

It's the Plastic Pocket pen protector of motorcycling. Say cager = interwibble nerdie boy.

C'mon old fella, nerds have Android smart phones these days, pocket protectors are a bit antiquated. Cager is a term very much still in use.

[Big Dave]

Cager is a term very much still in use.

Refer previous post. :-)

PS - I don't make these rules - I just enforce them.

[Big Dave]

There's a few new word/s on http://www.wordspy.com/

I like 'Filter Bubble'.
So far all I've almost avoided Timberlake and Beiber in mine.
Apart from people deriding them on You Tube comments.

[gijoe1313]

I think we should be cagey about using cagers as a general pejorative reference. Conversely it behooves us to not eliminate the term, for those who wish to use it as a positive reference for their own state of transportation medium!

So being cagey about cagers is a case that can be connected to complex considerations of the issues!

And I like pocket protectors, particulary the ones with penguins on them! Slide rulers were a bit big to put in them though!

[bogan]

I think we should be cagey about using cagers as a general pejorative reference. Conversely it behooves us to not eliminate the term, for those who wish to use it as a positive reference for their own state of transportation medium!

So being cagey about cagers is a case that can be connected to complex considerations of the issues!

Most indeededly

Slide rulers were a bit big to put in them though!

Not to mention abacusses abacii abacus' beaded sticks!

[fuknKIWI]

What is the origin of the word Cager?
I understand that it refers to a person driving a car that they are surrounded by metal making them feel like they in a cage.
Most of us who own/ride bikes also own and drive a car.
Are those of us that own both a bike and a car classed as a 'Cager'?
I for one feel quite safe when driving the car or indeed my daily work vehicle the trusty Hi Ace van.

It's Seppo talk ya South Sea Pom

[Maha]

Seems it should be accepted that there are fuckwits in both camps, its just that the ratio differs.

[The Lone Rider]

Cager I believe is a term of American origin.

So is RUB, which is short for Rich Urban Biker.

And Squid.