Canadian 'Slang'
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Anonymous
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I recently watched a video on Canadian slang. I am Canadian and I really think most of these words are broadly used and not just Canadian and not even really slang but I am curious to see how many you know right off the bat without looking any of them up?
hoser clicks two four give'r toque / tuque mickey dart gitch gong show out for a rip kerfuffle double double pop back bacon loonies / twoonies chesterfield rink rat chirping |
Anonymous
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I'm American... upstate New Yorker so maybe that helps...
hoser - idiot/jerk clicks - kilometers toque - hat out for a rip - out drinking kerfuffle - fight pop - soda rink rat - hockey player chesterfield - either a cigarette or a couch |
Anonymous
| I only know a toque is a beanie and a kerfuffle is a mild physical altercation. Oh and pop is soda |
Anonymous
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Loonies are a Canadian dollar coin and Twoonie is a two dollar coin. The dollar coin has a loon on it.
Love ya Canada xoxox |
Anonymous
| Chirping is mouthing off like hockey players do before they fight..trash talk |
Anonymous
| Back bacon is just a type of bacon as far as I know...we have it in the Southern US too... |
Anonymous
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48 y.o. DC native here.
I’ve heard ‘pop’ for soda but it’s not used around here. I’ve heard of loonie/twonies as coins..mostly from crossword puzzles. I know hoser from SCTV. Never heard the rest of them. |
Anonymous
| Only know tuque and loonie but that's because I'm French Canadian. Have no idea what a loon is though. |
Anonymous
Have also heard clicks for kilometers or miles..usually used by military folks here |
Anonymous
| PP here : Actually I also know pop and kerfuffle. |
Anonymous
| I'm Canadian and I know all of them except for Gitch. |
Anonymous
| Is a gitch a gotch? |
Anonymous
The type of bird featured on the loonie coin - hence the name! |
Anonymous
| Why would loonie and twonie be broadly used? They are specific to Canadian money. |
Anonymous
This Duh OP |