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Canadian Slang

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Enstrut
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I heard a while back that Canadians have some weird slang. Do you Americans know any of these, or did you invent them?

Scrap: To fight someone
Cheddar: A sloppy pig like person
Wheel: To hit on someone, not to be dating, just to do date like things without dating (i.e.: making out, fingering? holding hands, sexting) a third wheel can be applied
Flow: to have greased back hair

anyone else have any?
Dec 12 2011 7:22PM
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bo0b
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Most of these are just what douchebags that play hockey at my school say, but anyone you don't know the name of you refer to as buddy. And the smarties/rockets thing.
Dec 12 2011 11:05PM
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whoa-dere
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oh and what the hell does "cheesed" mean? used in a sentence

"you must feel cheesed eh?"

Dec 13 2011 9:58AM
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seward
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hockey slang eh??

chirp = insult someone.
twig = hockey stick.
pilon = shitty player. (not to be confuzzed with pile on).
wheel = skate fast.
wheels = hockey skates.
dangle = to stick handle, deek, toe drag etc...
clapper = hard shot.
cheddar = top cheese = top shelf = grandmas cubbord = the upper portion of the net.
duster = someone who sits on the bench alot, or a pretty serious moustach.
apple = assist.
"W" = win.
bucket = helmet.
flow = hockey hair = mullet = slick back.
miles = minutes left in game.
reggin = naggar (except replace the A with an I). mooncricket is also acceptable.
stripes = refferee.
liney = linesman
backie = back hand.
sauce = sauce.
quarter = period.

and so on...
Dec 13 2011 12:27PM
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Bar_Down
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ive heard em all except for fuckin rock pile ahaha
Dec 13 2011 12:37PM
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SmokeyTheBear
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Definitely hockey slang, I hear most of those all the time in Minnesota. Then again Minnesota's basically an annex of Canada so it could be both haha
Dec 13 2011 1:13PM
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vordulmega
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There is so much slang around hockey;

Twig- Hockey stick
Bucket- Helmet
Dangle- A nice deke
Apple- Assist
Gino- Goal
Pop a gino- Score a goal
Snipe ched- Score a goal
Go bar-d - Go bar down
Dummy him- Hit him hard
Gongshow- Terrible player
There's much more but I can think of any of it. When the cage on your helmet is below your chin its your hang

Dec 13 2011 1:17PM
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TheQuailman
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When I played hockey we called people who sucked 'benders' which is a reference to the kids you see at public sessions with their skates not tied tight enough and thus they're ankles are bending.

Wheeling and Duster are amazing slang terms, also if you don't have game you have square wheels

Dec 13 2011 1:18PM
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seward
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lol @ square wheels.

i like it



ive never heard benders, we call them burners. as in ankle burners cause they cant skate.
Dec 13 2011 1:21PM
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Boggs
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I cannot quote this one enough. This is all we call each other haha. And the word wheeling is fucking gay, glad Im out of high school and dont have to hear it.
Dec 13 2011 1:24PM
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TheBigApple
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Top cheese
Dec 13 2011 1:28PM
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E.C.
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oh canada, ive heard all these, use them occasionally, and i defiantly think its more of an ontario thing ya know?
Dec 13 2011 1:35PM
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Lord.Quasimoto
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yeah, what the hell is with that?
Dec 13 2011 1:55PM
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kozy
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put er' in the cabbage = go into a ditch or off road


Dec 13 2011 3:13PM
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Eleidecker
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I go to school in a town outside of ottawa, and EVERYONE says wheels and chirps. we also say "BIG CHIRPS, ZING!, ZING!"
Dec 13 2011 4:26PM
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Sketchy_P
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well said
Dec 13 2011 5:18PM
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Alexander_Keith
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I've been spending a few years out East and as masters of their own goddamned version of the English language Maritimers derserve an honourable mention:

By'e = buddy/ boy: general way to refer to someone you know, usually comes at the end of a sentence, and spoken more in Newfoundland
Bass= Boss (with the maritime intonation) also refering to someone you know 
Gooned= drunk
Tuned= drunk
Sideways= drunk
Liquored= drunk
Onterrible=Ontario
Out west=Toronto
Worst-case Ontario= Someone from Ontario
Shinny= Casual hockey
Scally= Woman rated 6 or below out of 10
Swamp Donkey= See 'Scally'
Mickey= Booze sampler from the store, called a 'sampler'
Pint= Called a 'Mickey' in the rest of Canada
Quart= Called a 26'er in the rest of Canada
Out of my tree= to be high
Bet' up= to be beaten up


I know theres much more I can't think of right now.

Dec 13 2011 5:39PM
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bo0b
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Dusters easily doucheier than wheeling
Dec 13 2011 5:45PM
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johnnypsunami
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you either have never been near a hockey arena or don't leave your parents basement... ever.
Dec 13 2011 6:20PM
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