Anonymous
Post 10/31/2019 21:25     Subject: Re:Canadian 'Slang'
Anonymous wrote:Why would loonie and twonie be broadly used? They are specific to Canadian money.


This

Duh OP
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2019 21:23     Subject: Re:Canadian 'Slang'
Why would loonie and twonie be broadly used? They are specific to Canadian money.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2019 21:20     Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
Anonymous wrote:Only know tuque and loonie but that's because I'm French Canadian. Have no idea what a loon is though.


The type of bird featured on the loonie coin - hence the name!
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2019 21:20     Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
Is a gitch a gotch?
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2019 21:18     Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
I'm Canadian and I know all of them except for Gitch.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2019 21:16     Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
PP here : Actually I also know pop and kerfuffle.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2019 21:16     Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
Anonymous wrote: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.


Have also heard clicks for kilometers or miles..usually used by military folks here
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2019 21:14     Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
Only know tuque and loonie but that's because I'm French Canadian. Have no idea what a loon is though.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2019 21:14     Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
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
Post 10/31/2019 21:13     Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
Back bacon is just a type of bacon as far as I know...we have it in the Southern US too...
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2019 21:11     Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
Chirping is mouthing off like hockey players do before they fight..trash talk
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2019 21:09     Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
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
Post 10/31/2019 21:09     Subject: Re:Canadian 'Slang'
I only know a toque is a beanie and a kerfuffle is a mild physical altercation. Oh and pop is soda
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2019 20:54     Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
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
Post 10/31/2019 20:47     Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
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