15 Real Canadian Slang Terms And What They Actually Mean
Newsbot @ Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:52 am
Title: 15 Real Canadian Slang Terms And What They Actually Mean
Category: Misc CDN
Posted By: Canadaka
Date: 2015-03-05 09:39:09
Canadian
martin14 @ Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:52 am
Epic moose shot !! 
DrCaleb @ Thu Mar 05, 2015 11:12 am
Meanwhile, In Canada . . .
![[B-o]](./images/smilies/drinkup.gif "Drink up")
Public_Domain @ Thu Mar 05, 2015 11:32 am
andyt @ Thu Mar 05, 2015 9:47 pm
Public_Domain Public_Domain:
"Kerfuffle" is Canadian? 
My world... my world is so small...
NEVER heard "Skookum" before, sounds like bad meth.
My world... my world is so small...
NEVER heard "Skookum" before, sounds like bad meth.
"Skookumchuck narrows" no? Turns out they use the term in Washington too, so it's not Canadian only.
Muskoka chair is just an adirondack chair renamed.
Vamp018 @ Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:01 pm
lolol Stag, that a very historical Term in the US and still in use today. Speaking of a Stag there's a good Stag flick going on, down on the Strip.
Gunnair @ Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:14 pm
andyt andyt:
Public_Domain Public_Domain:
"Kerfuffle" is Canadian?
My world... my world is so small...
NEVER heard "Skookum" before, sounds like bad meth.
My world... my world is so small...
NEVER heard "Skookum" before, sounds like bad meth.
"Skookumchuck narrows" no? Turns out they use the term in Washington too, so it's not Canadian only.
Muskoka chair is just an adirondack chair renamed.
It's Chinook Jargon.
Skookum
Copacetic
Hyak
Saltchuck
Mow itch
Illahwie
Several of those words were still widely in use when I was growing up in the interior.
Hyack @ Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:20 pm
andyt andyt:
"Skookumchuck narrows" no? Turns out they use the term in Washington too, so it's not Canadian only.
Muskoka chair is just an adirondack chair renamed.
Don't forget the town of Skookumchuck, south of Fairmont Hot Springs on Hwy 93/95 or
Skookumchuck Hot Springs on the Lillooet River south of Pemberton or
Skookumchuck Rapids Provincial Park on the Shuswap River just below the outlet of Mabel Lake in the Monashees.
Regina @ Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:21 pm
I like the Saskatchewan better. 
andyt @ Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:36 pm
Gunnair Gunnair:
andyt andyt:
Public_Domain Public_Domain:
"Kerfuffle" is Canadian?
My world... my world is so small...
NEVER heard "Skookum" before, sounds like bad meth.
My world... my world is so small...
NEVER heard "Skookum" before, sounds like bad meth.
"Skookumchuck narrows" no? Turns out they use the term in Washington too, so it's not Canadian only.
Muskoka chair is just an adirondack chair renamed.
It's Chinook Jargon.
Skookum
Copacetic
Hyak
Saltchuck
Mow itch
Illahwie
Several of those words were still widely in use when I was growing up in the interior.
Never knew copacetic was a native term. Never heard of mow itch, illahwie.
PublicAnimalNo9 @ Thu Mar 05, 2015 11:42 pm
andyt andyt:
Never knew copacetic was a native term. Never heard of mow itch, illahwie.
mow itch; that feeling you get after shaving your crotch for the first time.
Regina @ Fri Mar 06, 2015 12:23 am
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatche ... -1.2983009
Jabberwalker @ Fri Mar 06, 2015 5:18 am
I finally found out what a "hoser" is. We have an outdoor neighbourhood rink right near by and my seasonally employed neighbour gets up at 03:00 to water the rink. He's a "Hoser"
Jabberwalker @ Fri Mar 06, 2015 5:20 am
Gunnair Gunnair:
andyt andyt:
Public_Domain Public_Domain:
"Kerfuffle" is Canadian?
My world... my world is so small...
NEVER heard "Skookum" before, sounds like bad meth.
My world... my world is so small...
NEVER heard "Skookum" before, sounds like bad meth.
"Skookumchuck narrows" no? Turns out they use the term in Washington too, so it's not Canadian only.
Muskoka chair is just an adirondack chair renamed.
It's Chinook Jargon.
Skookum
Copacetic
Hyak
Saltchuck
Mow itch
Illahwie
Several of those words were still widely in use when I was growing up in the interior.
Hoochnahooze
DrCaleb @ Fri Mar 06, 2015 7:18 am
Jabberwalker Jabberwalker:
I finally found out what a "hoser" is. We have an outdoor neighbourhood rink right near by and my seasonally employed neighbour gets up at 03:00 to water the rink. He's a "Hoser"
Not technically correct. The 'Hosers' are the ones flooding the rink because they lost the game.
