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  • Oxford Word of the Month – June: Hubbard

    hubbard – noun: an inexperienced, unskilled, or unfashionably attired cyclist. Warning: this article contains explicit language. A posting on the Urban Dictionary website from February 2008 proposed a definition for the word hubbard: An uncool, slow, unfashionable, annoying, awkward or stupid cyclist. Often identified by wearing a helmet that is more than 15 years old,…