Bloody cyclists!

Grumpy_old_trucker:

ERF-NGC-European:

Roymondo:

the maoster:
Baited. What response are you seeking?

I didn’t say baited - I said bated. Different words, different meanings.

Hate to say it: but baited / bated is the same word with the same meaning; it’s just that there are two spellings (see Oxford Consise) :wink:

I beg to differ!

The words baited and bated are homophones, which means they sound alike but have different meanings.

Baited is the past form of the verb bait, which means to tease, harass, or put food (or bait) in a trap. A hook, witness, or animal is baited (lured, enticed, tempted).

The word bated is a clipped form of the past tense of the verb abate, which means to reduce or restrain. Breath is bated.

If it is what you call ‘clipped’ - presumably ‘short for’ abated - then it has been misconfigured and should have appeared as 'bated (with a diacritic before the initial b).