| Word |
Definition |
Example |
|---|
| acrid (a-krid) | Careful and precise | "I was acrid in making this page" |
| agger culture (a-ger cul-chure) | The art of cultivating the soil | "Let me see the Minister of Agger Culture" |
| anglo (an-glow) | A non-french Canadian | "I am an anglo" |
| arbutus (ar-biew-tus) | An orange barked, semi-tropical tree growing on the Pacific Coast, a madrona in the US | "Boy, those are beautiful arbutus'" |
| arsey em pee (R-C-M-P) | Royal Canadian Mounted Police who wear red uniforms and ride on horseys | "I work in the arsey em pee" |
| bal oil (bal oyul) | A street in east Central Toronto | "I live on Bal Oil" |
| bearus (bare-us) | To disconcert | "I was bearused when my pants fell down" |
| beat out (beet oot) | To overcome, vanquish, clobber | "The Leafs beat out Detroit" |
| beauty (bue-tee) | Statment of approval, | "Would you like a drink chap?" "Beauty" |
| beaver (bee-ver) | sharp-tooth rodent that cuts down trees and builds dams, Canada's national symbol | "The beaver is furry" |
| beaver tails (bee-ver tales) | Deep fried dessert pastry that looks like a beaver tail | "Love those beaver tails" |
| beeracrat (beer-a-crat) | Person who puts in time to govern Canada | "Those damn beeracrats" |
| berrex (brr-ex) | Buildings where soldiers are lodged | "The soldiers are trained in the berrex" |
| bling yule (bling you-l) | French Canadians who can speak english | "He is bling yule" |
| brew (bru) | beer | "Pass a brew this way, eh" |
| broads (bra-ds) | a woman | "Look at that broad across the street" |
| brutal (brew-tal) | savage, cruel | "Did you see that hit? That was brutal!!" |
| butts (bu-ts) | cigarettes aka-smokes | "Pass the butt around the circle" |
| cab net (cab net) | Executive commitee of members which run Canada | "Damn cab net members" |
| the can (dukan) | the bathroom or john | I have to go to the can |
| choob (choo-buh) | TV | "I'm watching Sherriff Lobo on the choobe" |
| church key (chur-ch kee) | bottle opener | "I use my church key often" |
| climb it (cli-mit) | Weather: Canada has three kinds wet, hot, cold | "Canada has such a nice climb it" |
| cottage (ca-tige) | a summer home | "I go to my cottage every day" |
| dogan (dog-n) | an Irish Catholic | "My aunt the dogan" |
| eeja (e-ja) | to bite fiercely | "I gave my dog an eeja because he did it to me first" |
| En you (N U) | A response to have a good day | "Have a good day" "En You" |
| ever neat (ev-err neet) | Expressing appreciation to something | "Was that Canadiens game ever neat" |
| ewes (use) | plural of you | What would ewes like to drink today? |
| ex (x) | a beer or a country fair held every year in Toronto | "Let's go to the Ex!" |
| family room (fam-blee rum) | room in a house where TV is kept | "Lets watch TV in the Family Room" |
| flick (flik) | movies or to change the channels on the TV | "I'm going to catch that new Mr. Bean flick" |
| fuzz (fu-zz) | police officer | "Excuse me fuzz, I was just robbed" |
| go's (go-s) | used instead of says | "Bla Bla" go's Joe" |
| Grey Cup (Gr-eh Cu-puh) | Canadian Football trophy | "The Lions won the Grey Cup" |
| hoser (ho-zer) | an unsophisticated person | "Just shut up you hoser!" |
| Kahuna (ka-hu-nah) | Something that is very large. Slang for tyee, 30 lb + chinook salmon | "Going kahuna hunting" |
| kay (k) | a good way to start a sentence | Kay, what's going on? |
| lacrosse (la-kros) | Canada's national game, too detailed | "I play lacrosse" |
| mountie (mount-ee) | See Arm See | "see Arm See but replace the word Arm See with mountie" |
| newfie (nu-fee) | A person from NewFoundland butt of many Canadian jokes | "I love newfies" |
| or what (oar wut) | Used instead of eh | "You gonna hit me or what" |
| pogey (poe-gee) | Unemployment insurance | "I am on pogey" |
| pop (pop) | Soda | "Can you give me some pop?" |
| pothole (pot-hole) | miniscule lakes | "Hate them potholes" |
| quart (kwart) | A beer named because of the volume of the bottle | Me'n the lads went for a few quarts" |
| quite a ways away (kwhite a w-ehs aweh) | Used when saying something is far away | "That is quite a ways away" |
| rad (radd) | radiator | "Turn the rads off, it is cold" |
| shag (sh-ag) | Tufted broadloam in shades of lime or purple in houses or vans | "I like that shag" |
| shinny (shin-ee) | hockey played in the street | "Let's go play some shinny" |
| the show (the shh-oh) | movies/cinema | Do ewes want to go to the show tonight? |
| sook (seh-oook) | wimp, cry baby | "Ow, you poor sook" |
| submarine (sub-mareen) | hoagies, heros | "Lets go get some submarines" |
| two-four (too-fore) | A 24 case of bottled beer | "Pick me up a two-four" |
| Way to go (wai too goe) | Said at hockey and baseball games | "You scored? Way to go!!" |
| xenophobia (zeen-o-foe-bee-a) | Fear and dislike of anything that is foreign | "You're scared, then you must have xenophobia" |
| Ya goof (yah goof) | A moron, idiot, etc. | "Way to go, ya goof" |
| Yankee (yan-key) | Anyone from the States | "Damn Yankees" |
| Yay (yeh) | Words used to describe distance or size | "Yay big, yay wide" |
| Youse (use) | second person plural | "Do youse have an appointment?" |
| Z (zed) | last letter of the alphabet | "...X, Y, Zed" |
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