CANADIANISMS

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 (20626 reads)

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