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juliojmontes

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Jul 09, 2009 14:40 
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Loonie (noun) = $1 coin

Most everything on the McDonald's Value Menu only costs a loonie. (I don't know what's on the Canadian Value Menu... McMoose?...McTundra? Oh a McTundra sounds delicious!)

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Jul 10, 2009 17:22 
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eh (interjection) = right

At first glance you might think WTF? But if you think about it, Americans have a similar thing we do to our declarative sentences.

Canadian: So you're looking for storage, eh?

American: So you're looking for storage, right?

We just use an actual word versus a vowel sound :)

juliojmontes

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Jul 13, 2009 11:47 
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biffy (noun) = bathroom

After I finish drinking my half sack, I will for sure need to run to the biffy.

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Jul 14, 2009 18:32 
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Half sack (noun) = a six pack of beer

Blogging today has been hellacious. I need to pick up a half sack after work.

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Jul 16, 2009 12:22 
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skookum (adjective) = good, strong, or the best

I only have one half sack. Had I bought another that would have been very skookum.

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Jul 16, 2009 12:26 
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double double (noun) = coffee with two creams and two sugars

I really need a double double this morning to wake up after a late night of drinking half sacks.

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Jul 17, 2009 11:14 
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garburator (noun) = garbage disposal

I wish I had a garburator in my house. It would make cleaning up after cooking so much easier!

juliojmontes

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Jul 20, 2009 10:31 
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puck bunny (noun) = hockey groupie

Back in the day, Wayne Gretzky must have been surrounded by puck bunnies.

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Jul 21, 2009 12:28 
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chinook (noun) = winter storm that brings warm weather

I'm glad the chinook came early this year.

juliojmontes

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Jul 22, 2009 15:01 
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Anglophone (noun) - a Canadian who only speaks English - no French

Parlez vous francais?

What? I'm sorry, I don't speak French. I'm an Anglophone.

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Jul 23, 2009 11:28 
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Canuck (noun) = once a derogatory term referring to a Canadian, now a proud label (I still wouldn't just call a Canadian one over the phone to make chit chat)

Storage Canuck is the only Canadian member I've noticed on this social network.

juliojmontes

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Jul 27, 2009 13:13 
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skull cramp (noun) = headache

The callers today are giving me a real skull cramp.

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Jul 27, 2009 13:17 
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oil cloths (noun) = raingear (i.e. poncho, raincoat, etc.)

Because of the Chinook and the wet weather it brought this time, it's best to wear your oil cloths today.

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Jul 28, 2009 16:16 
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Francophone (noun) - a Canadian who speaks French as their first language.

Ceux qui rient le vendredi, pleureront le dimanche. If you understood that and are Canadian, you might be a Francophone.

juliojmontes

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Jul 30, 2009 11:38 
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kerfuffle (noun) - an awkward or stressful situation.

When my puck bunnies found out about each other, I was in a kerfuffle.

juliojmontes

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Jul 30, 2009 11:41 
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hydro (noun) = current of electricity

During the storm last night the hydro went out and I couldn't play video games anymore.

juliojmontes

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Jul 31, 2009 10:38 
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hork (verb) = to steal

Someone horked the last beer in my half sack!

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Aug 03, 2009 12:14 
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twonie (noun) = $2 coin

Does anyone have a loonie or twonie I can borrow to use in this vending machine?

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Aug 05, 2009 17:38 
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yank (noun) = a derogatory term for a US citizen.

It comes from Yankee, do I really need to say anymore?

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Aug 06, 2009 11:00 
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poutine (noun) = a Canadian diner specialty - French fries covered in cheese curds and gravy.

The US has chili cheese fries, Canada has poutine. But I think both will lead to high cholesterol!

juliojmontes

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Aug 10, 2009 10:58 
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prairie oysters (noun) = Rocky Mountain oysters

Prairie oysters and Rocky Mountain oysters make me think twice about ordering oysters off of a menu.

*Don't know what Rocky Mountain oysters are? Google it.

juliojmontes

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Aug 12, 2009 13:18 
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neel (noun) = a really cool guy

If you have a PS3, you have to be a neel.

juliojmontes

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Aug 12, 2009 13:20 
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rocks (noun) - money

Do you have any extra rocks so I can get a pop?

rocked out (adverb) = possessing a lot of money.

It is pay day, and I am rocked out.

juliojmontes

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Aug 14, 2009 15:14 
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pogey (noun) = money from public assistance- ex.: welfare, social security, unemployment, etc.

The money received from public assistance programs in Canada is called pogey or pogeys or pogies.

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Aug 19, 2009 15:27 
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line up (noun) = line - not a straight line

The line up for this movie is really long!