Canadian slang

Canadian slang

Canadian slang is words or phrases of slang exclusive or from Canada.

List of Canadian slang words or phrases:

2-4 -- a case of 24 beers

26er -- a 26oz bottle of alcohol ("a 26er of vodka")

40 -- a 40oz bottle of alcohol (see Forty pounder)

alcool – grain alcohol; from French, but pronounced as if an English word

Canuck -- Canadian

Click -- Kilometre

Deke, deke out -- to feint, to trick or avoid someone ("to deke out of a meeting")

Dick, dick all -- nothing

Dogan – a Catholic; abusive, and now dying out

Forty pounder -- a 40oz bottle of alcohol (see 40)

gettone – in Toronto and environs, foosball; pronounced roughly as in Italian

Ghetto blaster -- A portable stereo system. The term was common throughout North America at one time, but is at present common in Canada.

goof – cheap sherry or fortified wine

Grit – member of one of the federal or provincial Liberal parties

Hogtown -- The city of Toronto

Hoser: a mild insult

Homo -- homogenized (as in homo milk)

K (pronounced 'kay') -- Kilometres or kilometres/hour

Loonie -- Canadian one dollar coin

Mickey -- a 13oz bottle of alcohol ("a mickey of vodka")

Newfie -- A person from Newfoundland

Pogey -- welfare

R.C. -- A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ("I was pulled over by the R.C.'s")

The Rock -- Newfoundland (Also used for Vancouver Island on the west coast)

Toonie -- Canadian two dollar coin

Tory – member of the defunct Progressive Conservative Party

Twofer, two-four -- A case of 24 beers (see 2-4)

Vic -- Victoria