Words and phrases that are unique to Canada
anglophone | person who's first language is English |
backbacon | Canadian Bacon |
beaver tail- | Deep fried pastry resembling a beaver's tail |
two-four | a case containing 24 bottles of beer |
toque | a knitted hat worn in the wintertime |
toonie | two dollar denomination |
timbits | doughnut holes from Tim Hortons, a coffee shop that is worshipped by Canadians |
skidoo | snowmobile |
serviette | napkin |
seperate schools | catholic schools |
Screech | type of rum found in NFLD |
PST | Provincial Sales Tax |
poutine | dish consisting of french fries covered in gravy and cheese curds |
Postal Code | canadian equivalent of a zip code |
pogey | Unemployment benefits, term used mostly in the maritimes |
Ogopogo | a Loch Ness Nellie type of creature said to live in Lake Okanagan BC |
mountie | a member of the RCMP |
Molson muscle | the potbelly one gets from drinking too much beer |
mickey | 13oz bottle of liquor |
maritimes | eastern provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island |
loonie | one dollar denomination |
icing sugar | powered sugar |
hoser | simple unsophisticated person |
homo milk | homogenized milk |
GST | Goods and Services Tax |
Grit | member of the Liberal party |
ghost car | an unmarked police cruiser |
fracophone | person who's first language is french |
elastic | rubber band |
Eh? | commonly used phrase said at the end of sentences |
eavestrough | rain gutters |
chesterfield | couch |
Canuck | affectionate nickname for a Canadian |
brown bread | whole wheat bread |
Published on: 2004-08-05 (20973 reads)