Compiled by Tom Moss, Edited for the WWW by Joel Laws. This compendium of cavers' terms comes from postings by individuals from all over the world, and reflect the lingo of various regions. In taking these out of their original context, I have edited some of them to match the dictionary-style format, and combined some of the terms with multiple meanings for different cavers or regions. I also added a few of my own. Armchair caver - one who talks about caving more than going underground.
Modern version is the 'virtual' caver.
See Hog . Babysitting - referring to those cavers who can cave one day of the weekend, while they look after the kids for the other day. Bang - explosives. Beady Eye - A candle. Bide - carbide.