Anonymous
11/01/2019 12:38
Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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 - a loser, usually used for a loud, obnoxious, drunk, uneducated type guy
clicks - slang for kilometres, sometimes used as distance
two four - a box of 24 beer
give'r - to go hard or to really put an effort in
toque / tuque - a winter hat
mickey - a small bottle of alcohol
dart - a joint
gitch or gotch - underwear
gong show - a complete mess / disaster / nothing went right
out for a rip - take for a ride or to give something a try
kerfuffle - confusing, disorganized, mess up
double double - two creams, two sugars (coffee order)
pop - soft drinks
back bacon - th kind of bacon that is more like ham, often with cornmeal
loonies / twoonies - one / two dollar coins
chesterfield - sofa or couch, used mostly for more formal type sofas
rink rat - same as pool rat, someone who hangs around the rink / pool all the time
chirping - talking but in an annoying way, chatter in your ear, sports banter
The answers!
OP here. I have never called anyone a hoser, it was a word a lot of Canadian comedians used.
Bob and Doug Mackenzie. "Hoser" - which was used in the 80's and "Take off, eh?"
Just so you know, bob & doug are fictional (and played by two Canadian comedians).
Anonymous
11/01/2019 10:35
Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
I don’t know any of them almost.
Anonymous
11/01/2019 10:31
Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
I went to college in upstate New York and hung out with hockey players, so I knew most of these.
Anonymous
11/01/2019 10:24
Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
I’m from the southern US but lived in Canada for a year during grad school. I know about 1/3 of the words on that list. With a couple of exceptions, these words/phrases are not used in the US, or at least not in the same way. Maybe they’re used in England.
Anonymous
11/01/2019 10:11
Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What makes a chesterfield a chesterfield?
The older generation used it for all sofas or couches. I don't think any of my grandparents would ever have used the word sofa or couch. It was always chesterfield. My generation uses couch. I have never used sofa. I only use chesterfield if it reminds me of my grandparents furniture. The couch at grandmas was a chesterfield.
My grandma called their sofa a Davenport.
Anonymous
11/01/2019 09:59
Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
Anonymous wrote:What makes a chesterfield a chesterfield?
Canadian here. Seems to be used for a more formal setting. Formal living room - chesterfield. Casual or every day - couch or sofa.
Anonymous
11/01/2019 09:56
Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
Anonymous wrote:Canadian here. Hmm I had never heard of gitch either. Ginch or gonch is slang for underwear where I am.
Some of them are regional. I just call them underwear.
Anonymous
11/01/2019 09:55
Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
Re: Loonies and Twoonies.
Officially One dollar coin and two dollar coin. Introduced as a Loonie and a Twoonie. Not slang in the sense some of the other words are.
My MIL still uses chesterfield. She likes to think she's old fashioned.
Officially One dollar coin and two dollar coin. Introduced as a Loonie and a Twoonie. Not slang in the sense some of the other words are.
My MIL still uses chesterfield. She likes to think she's old fashioned.
Anonymous
11/01/2019 09:53
Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
Canadian here. Hmm I had never heard of gitch either. Ginch or gonch is slang for underwear where I am.
Anonymous
11/01/2019 09:49
Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
I never thought of kerfuffle as Canadian slang. I hear/use it hear in the US.
Anonymous
11/01/2019 09:45
Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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 - a loser, usually used for a loud, obnoxious, drunk, uneducated type guy
clicks - slang for kilometres, sometimes used as distance
two four - a box of 24 beer
give'r - to go hard or to really put an effort in
toque / tuque - a winter hat
mickey - a small bottle of alcohol
dart - a joint
gitch or gotch - underwear
gong show - a complete mess / disaster / nothing went right
out for a rip - take for a ride or to give something a try
kerfuffle - confusing, disorganized, mess up
double double - two creams, two sugars (coffee order)
pop - soft drinks
back bacon - th kind of bacon that is more like ham, often with cornmeal
loonies / twoonies - one / two dollar coins
chesterfield - sofa or couch, used mostly for more formal type sofas
rink rat - same as pool rat, someone who hangs around the rink / pool all the time
chirping - talking but in an annoying way, chatter in your ear, sports banter
The answers!
OP here. I have never called anyone a hoser, it was a word a lot of Canadian comedians used.
Bob and Doug Mackenzie. "Hoser" - which was used in the 80's and "Take off, eh?"
Anonymous
11/01/2019 09:33
Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
Anonymous wrote:What makes a chesterfield a chesterfield?
The older generation used it for all sofas or couches. I don't think any of my grandparents would ever have used the word sofa or couch. It was always chesterfield. My generation uses couch. I have never used sofa. I only use chesterfield if it reminds me of my grandparents furniture. The couch at grandmas was a chesterfield.
Anonymous
11/01/2019 09:20
Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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 - a loser, usually used for a loud, obnoxious, drunk, uneducated type guy
clicks - slang for kilometres, sometimes used as distance
two four - a box of 24 beer
give'r - to go hard or to really put an effort in
toque / tuque - a winter hat
mickey - a small bottle of alcohol
dart - a joint
gitch or gotch - underwear
gong show - a complete mess / disaster / nothing went right
out for a rip - take for a ride or to give something a try
kerfuffle - confusing, disorganized, mess up
double double - two creams, two sugars (coffee order)
pop - soft drinks
back bacon - th kind of bacon that is more like ham, often with cornmeal
loonies / twoonies - one / two dollar coins
chesterfield - sofa or couch, used mostly for more formal type sofas
rink rat - same as pool rat, someone who hangs around the rink / pool all the time
chirping - talking but in an annoying way, chatter in your ear, sports banter
The answers!
OP here. I have never called anyone a hoser, it was a word a lot of Canadian comedians used.
And my cousins from Ontario, eh.
Anonymous
11/01/2019 08:58
Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
gitch = undies
Canadian, here. I know all of them, and I grew up in Montreal.
Canadian, here. I know all of them, and I grew up in Montreal.
Anonymous
11/01/2019 06:23
Subject: Canadian 'Slang'
What makes a chesterfield a chesterfield?