water oak

Some young people were out under the wateroaks playing croquet. Mr. Pontellier's two children were there—sturdy little fellows of four and five.

I recall a catbird high in the water oak above, swinging like a rag amid the branches, jabbering and screeching [...].

1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage, published 2004, page 200:

(chiefly Canada, US) Any of various hard oaks that grow near rivers or swamps, especially Quercus nigra, of the southern US.


woonerf

Borrowed from Dutch woonerf (“living street”).

He and his staff looked worldwide — to Trafalgar Square in London, to the Spanish Steps in Rome — and found that the designs best suited to the intersections were the Netherlands’ curbless woonerfs, which make no differentiation between street and sidewalk.

2007 July 29, Gregory Beyer, “Where Street, Sidewalk and Sanity Intersect”, in New York Times:

(Canada) a street in which pedestrians and cyclists have priority over motorists.


tony

en-adj

tony (comparative tonier, superlative toniest)

tonier (comparative)
toniest (superlative)
toney (alternative)

He bought it for a song in 1984 compared with what his fellow financiers were spending on tonier Park and Fifth Avenues.

2013 August 16, Robin Finn, “A Former Madoff Penthouse Goes Back on the Market”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Meanwhile, on another plane entirely, “Another Period” (Comedy Central, recently renewed for Season 2) is a send-up of crunchy-gravel dramas, set in tony Rhode Island in 1902.

2015 October 1, Hank Stuever, “In the hunt for a new favorite show, 'when' might be as crucial as 'what'”, in Washington Post:

My host gained national notoriety after her high-profile arrest in 1993 on charges connected with running L.A.'s toniest prostitution ring.

2017, David Friend, The Naughty Nineties:

The meaty and more familiar parts of Anna’s story — passing as a German heiress, ripping off tony hotels, brazenly exploiting narcissistic machers and star-struck working women — are told in flashback as Vivian reports her article.

2022 February 10, Mike Hale, “‘Inventing Anna’ Review: The SoHo Scammer, Explained at Length”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(informal, Canada, US) Stylish, high-toned, upscale.


like ass

en-adv

like ass (comparative more like ass, superlative most like ass)

more like ass (comparative)
most like ass (superlative)

That dog smells like ass.

Your band plays well, but the singer sounds like ass.

(Canada, US, vulgar, slang) Offensively bad.


pedway

(Canada) An elevated or underground walkway, often connecting high-rise buildings.


ondatra

From Huron / Wyandot ondatra or ondathra, attested in Gabriel Sagard's 1632 French Dictionnaire de la langue huronne and found in the Huron dialects of the Hochelaga region of Canada.

The first was the musk-beaver, not much different from the ondatra, excepting in the formation of his snout.

1852, The Swiss Family Robinson, a translation of Johann David Wyss' German Der Schweizerische Robinson, chapter 39


awesome sauce

en-noun

awesome sauce (usually uncountable, plural awesome sauces)

awesome sauces (plural)
awesome-sauce (alternative)
awesomesauce (alternative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-awesome sauce.wav

From awesome + sauce. Apparently originated in the 2003 episode “Strong Bad Email #75” of Homestar Runner, in which the character Strong Bad says, “Well, aren’t you gonna go get your 409 or Awesome Sauce or whatever you’re gonna clean this up with?”, referring to an imaginary brand name of a cleaning product for ketchup. Usage of the term might be after earlier weaksauce.

So I am quite proud of us, I think it was a great show, every band was pure concentrated awesome sauce!

2009 March 11, Odd Austin, “Odd News for Odd People- An Odd Austin Update 3/11/09”, in (Usenet):

He was, as my BFF Kayla would say, "a hottie covered with awesome sauce.

2010, P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, Burned, page 39:

(Canada, US, Internet slang, dated) The essence of awesomeness; excellence.

The idea is solid awesome sauce, I just don't see it as a feasible undertaking for this project at this point in time.

2009 May 7, pcm1...@gmail.com, “Threading, background loading”, in openmw (Usenet):

Jeff this is serious awesome sauce. You get my vote if you can make this happen.

2008 July 7, Justin Bozonier, “Building Together”, in altnetseattle (Usenet):

(Canada, US, Internet slang, dated) Something which is awesome, cool or spectacular.

The combination of spices and seasonings creates an awesome sauce or marinade for chicken, seafood, and beef.

2005, Cary Neff, Conscious Cuisine, page 242:

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see awesome, sauce.


awesome sauce

en-adj

awesome sauce (comparative more awesome sauce, superlative most awesome sauce)

more awesome sauce (comparative)
most awesome sauce (superlative)
awesome-sauce (alternative)
awesomesauce (alternative)

April: Hey, I love you.
Andy: Dude, shut up! That is awesome sauce!

2011 March 17, Daniel J. Goor, “Harvest Festival”, in Parks and Recreation, season 3, episode 7, via NBC:


brickle

en-verb

brickle (third-person singular simple present brickles, present participle brickling, simple past and past participle brickled)

brickles (present singular third-person)
brickling (participle present)
brickled (participle past)
brickled (past)

How to Brickle: The New Brunswick Funny Book (1977, →ISBN

(Canada, dialect) To fail spectacularly.


stagette

(Canada) A party held for a woman who is about to be married.


assy

en-adj

assy (comparative assier or more assy, superlative assiest or most assy)

assier (comparative)
more assy (comparative)
assiest (superlative)
most assy (superlative)

Maybe "the assiest asshat in assville" wasn't as minty fresh as all that.

(Canada, US, vulgar) Characteristic of or like an ass or asshole.


tank up

en-verb

tank up (third-person singular simple present tanks up, present participle tanking up, simple past and past participle tanked up)

tanks up (present singular third-person)
tanking up (participle present)
tanked up (participle past)
tanked up (past)

A painter was desirous of drawing the elephant, which was kept in the menagerie at Versailles, […] [H]e [the elephant] turned his resentment on the master, and tanking up a quantity of water in his trunk, threw it on the paper upon which the painter was drawing, and spoiled it.

1852, Ludwig Gantter, “Vierter Abschntt. Bilder aus der Natur. [Fourth Section. Pictures from Nature.]”, in Study and Recreation. Englishe Chrestomathie für Real- und Gelehrte-schulen und den Privatgebrauch … Erster Cursus für mittlere Classen [English Chrestomathy for Secondary and High Schools and Private Use … First Course for Intermediate Classes], 2nd edition, Stuttgart: Verlag Von Ebner & Seubert, →OCLC, subsection 1 (The Elephant), chapter IV (Stories about Elephants), page 130:

One way of insuring that your baby eats enough is to increase his intake during the day, before 11 P.M. By "tanking up," as I call this strategy, you get more food into his tummy, which, in turn, enables him to sleep through longer stretches at night. Tanking up is also great for growth spurts, those two- or three-day periods when your baby eats more than usual[…].

2005, Tracy Hogg, Melinda Blau, “Your Baby’s Liquid Diet: Feeding Issues in the First Six Months”, in The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems (By Teaching You How to Ask the Right Questions): Sleeping, Feeding, and Behavior—beyond the Basics from Infancy to Toddlerhood, New York, N.Y.: Atria Books, →ISBN, page 93:

We Americans have grumbled loudly about rising gasoline prices while tanking up as if almost nothing has happened. Over the Fourth of July holiday, a record 40.7 million Americans took trips of more than 50 miles, up 1.2 percent from a year earlier.

2006 July 23, Robert J[acob] Samuelson, “Is Oil at the Tipping Point?”, in Newsweek, volume 148, New York, N.Y.: Newsweek, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-02-17, page 32:

The team was in ready mode; Gabe could feel it. They were scarfing up food, tanking up, knowing they would be freezing their asses off all day on that rocky ridge.

2014, Lindsay McKenna, chapter 10, in Breaking Point, Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin HQN, →ISBN, page 140:

(ambitransitive, Canada, US) To fill up (for example, a tank in a vehicle with gas, petrol, etc.).


OSAP

Ontario Student Assistance Program
w:Ontario Student Assistance Program

(Canada) Initialism of Ontario Student Assistance Program.


ding-dong ditch

From ding-dong (“sound made by a door bell”) + ditch (“to abandon”).

ding dong ditch (alternative)
ding-dong-ditch (alternative)
ding-dong-ditch-it (alternative)
Ding Dong Ditch (alternative)

(US, Canada) A children's prank in which a doorbell of a home is rung, and then the pranksters run or cycle away before the occupants of the home open the door.


butt dial

(Canada, US, colloquial) A situation when one's cellphone makes a call from one's back pocket where its buttons are being inadvertently pressed


butt dial

butt dial (third-person singular simple present butt dials, present participle (US) butt dialing or (Commonwealth) butt dialling, simple past and past participle (US) butt dialed or (Commonwealth) butt dialled)

butt dials (present singular third-person)
butt dialing (US participle present)
butt dialling (Commonwealth participle present)
butt dialed (US participle past)
butt dialed (US past)
butt dialled (Commonwealth participle past)
butt dialled (Commonwealth past)

(Canada, US, colloquial) To accidentally make a call this way.


Saskabusher

/ˈsæskəbʊʃɚ/

(Canada, informal, humorous) A native or inhabitant of the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Battle of Quebec

From being a rivalry where the two rivals are located in the province of Quebec.

(ice hockey, Canada) competition between the Montreal Canadiens of Montreal and Quebec Nordiques of Quebec City in the NHL from 1979–80 to 1994–95.


Battle of Ontario

(ice hockey, Canada) the competition between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators NHL teams


slushie

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-slushie.wav

(US, Canada) A flavored frozen drink made with ice crystals.


asstastic

en-adj

asstastic (comparative more asstastic, superlative most asstastic)

more asstastic (comparative)
most asstastic (superlative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-asstastic.wav

(Canada, US, informal, vulgar) Having exceptional-looking buttocks.

(Canada, US, informal, vulgar) Of exceptionally low quality.


butt-rape

en-noun

butt-rape (countable and uncountable, plural butt-rapes)

(Canada, US, slang, vulgar) The act of forcing anal sex upon another person, without their consent and/or against their will.


butt-rape

en-verb

butt-rape (third-person singular simple present butt-rapes, present participle butt-raping, simple past and past participle butt-raped)

butt-rapes (present singular third-person)
butt-raping (participle present)
butt-raped (participle past)
butt-raped (past)

(Canada, US, slang, vulgar) To force anal sex upon another person, without their consent and/or against their will.


muppetry

(UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) The behaviour of a muppet; foolish incompetence.


autogas

en-noun

autogas (countable and uncountable, plural autogases or autogasses)

Cylinder cracks are nothing new, however, and there is no reason to expect autogas-burning engines to have a higher incidence of head cracking than avgas-users.

1988, Kas Thomas, Fuel and oil systems: basic and advanced light plane maintenance:

In the area of autogas volatility, a Reid vapor pressure of 9.0 to 15 is very common, compared to the vapor pressure of avgas, which is 5.5 to 7.

1994, Michael J. Kroes with Thomas W. Wild, Aircraft powerplants:

Autogas can be obtained for a fraction of the cost of avgas, but its use is not without controversy.

2006, The AOPA pilot: voice of general aviation, volume 49, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association:

(US, Canada, aviation) Automotive gasoline suitable for use in piston-engined gasoline-powered aircraft.


CEF

C.E.F (alternative)
C.E.F. (alternative)

(military, Canada) Canadian Expeditionary Force of WWI


spraddle

Uncertain; possibly from sprad, an obsolete dialectal past participle of spread; or a blend of sprawl + straddle or spread + straddle, or perhaps from Middle English *spraddelen; a frequentative form of Middle English spradden, spraden, sprēden (“to lay flat, spread; to distribute, scatter, sow”), from Old English sprǣdan (“to expand, spread; to outspread, stretch forth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to sow, sprinkle, strew”), equivalent to spread + -le. Compare also dialectal Norwegian spradla (“to flail, squirm, thrash about”).

noncog

A manner of walking with the legs spread out.


AGCO

w:Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario

(Canada) Initialism of Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario.


meat draw

(Canada, UK) A raffle of meat, common in pubs and bars.


asstard

(Canada, US, informal, derogatory or offensive, slur, mildly vulgar) An extremely stupid person, especially one who causes harm.


cape ann

(Canada) An oilskin cap whose brim is longer in back than in front, designed to repel wind and rain.


inverted exclamation point

en-noun

inverted exclamation point (plural inverted exclamation points)

Coordinate term: inverted question mark

(Canada, US) The punctuation mark "¡", which is placed at the beginning of exclamations in Spanish.


roture

roture (countable and uncountable, plural rotures)

(Canada, law, historical) A grant made of feudal property.


multi-story

(US, Canada) Alternative spelling of multi-storey


vote mob

From vote + mob, by analogy with flash mob.

At the University of Guelph, some students took Mercer's rant rather seriously. They used the concept of flash mobs[…]and created vote mobs.[…]In particular, the event has also been called a "surprise party," as evidenced by a You-Tube video in which a vote mob comes out of the woods and rolls out a banner that reads, "Surprise! We are voting!"

2011 April 22, Michael Taube, “Vote mob mentality”, in Ottawa Citizen, archived from the original on 2011-04-27:

(Canada) A gathering of usually young people assembled for the purpose of voting in an election or encouraging youth participation in it and often organized through social media.


playoff beard

In the closing credits of the documentary, Boston players were asked to rate and rank the best playoff beards on the team.

2013 November 27, Dan Carson, “Boston's Koji Uehara Thinks Red Sox Burly Man Beards Are 'Gross'”, in Bleacher Report:

(US, Canada, sports) A beard grown by members of a sports team as a sign of unity or good luck during the postseason.


didie

Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud.

1946, Robert Penn Warren, All the King's Men:


long gun

The 33 long guns and 37 handguns were seized during the project examining 69 cases where people failed to register or renew a firearm licence.

2011 April 11, Nicole O'Reilly, “ACTION project nets 70 guns”, in Hamilton Spectator, Canada, retrieved 2011-05-22:

A firearm, such as a shotgun or rifle, which is fired while braced against the shoulder.

កាំភ្លើងវែង

kampləəŋ vɛɛŋ


garbage bin

(chiefly Canada, US) A bin for garbage; (in particular) a wheelie bin.


HBC

Many ships played important roles in the HBC history. They maintained order and carried on trade with Alaska. On the West Coast those most familiar were the steamer Beaver and the schooner Cadboro, both armed with cannon.

2002, Jan Peterson, Black Diamond City: Nanaimo, the Victorian Era, Heritage House Publishing Co, →ISBN, page 25:

Hudson's Bay Company
w:Hudson's Bay Company

(Canada, historical) Initialism of Hudson's Bay Company, a major Canadian retailer and former British Crown corporation on the North American fur trade.


puck palace

It was easily the most spirited battle of speed and brawn offered in the Detroit puck palace this winter.

1936 December 21, Vern DeGeer, “Wings Beat Bruins 4-3”, in Windsor Daily Star, Canada, retrieved 2011-05-11, page 3:

However, a new puck palace in the Manitoba capital could eventually have a connection with Calgary hockey.

1954 March 20, Gorde Hunter, “The Neutral Zone”, in Calgary Herald, Canada, retrieved 2011-05-11, page 34:

To see the utilitarian hockey center transformed into a puck palace similar to the Minnesota Wild's home ice should bring chills to even the most staid fans.

2008 July 6, Randy Krebs, “SCSU's plan deserves much praise”, in St. Cloud Times, USA, retrieved 2011-05-11, page B6:

(Canada, Northern US, ice hockey, informal) An arena containing a rink and spectator seating for playing and viewing ice hockey, especially one which is considered to be well-equipped and state-of-the-art.


semiformal

Suits have largely replaced guayabera shirts as business and semiformal wear for middle and upper-class Panamanian men, made practical by the widespread use of air-conditioning in the cities.

2005, Williams Friar, Panama, 1st edition, Emeryville, C.A.: Moon Handbooks, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 528:

(Canada, US, specifically) Of clothing: having a level of formality between that of informal and formal wear.

The skirt was way too short, at least shorter than she preferred. It left exposed a good eight inches between her knee and thigh. But what choice did she really have? Casual cropped pants were hardly appropriate attire for a semiformal event.

2006, Marcia King-Gamble, Designed for You, New York, N.Y.: Kimani Press, →ISBN, page 32:

(Canada, US, specifically) Of an event: having a semiformal dress code.


semiformal

semiformals (plural)
semi-formal (alternative)

Bright-colored flyers decorated battered lockers, telling everyone to join the debate team, try out for the school play, and not to miss the fall semiformal this Friday. I wondered what a "semiformal" consisted of at a public school, not that I'd bothered to ask anyone.

2010, Amanda Hocking, Switched (Trylle Trilogy; 3), New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Griffin, published 2012, →ISBN, page 9:

(Canada, US) A social event in which one is expected to dress in semiformal wear.


printshop

printshops (plural)
print shop (alternative)
print-shop (alternative)

(chiefly Canada, US) A shop providing commercial copying and printing services.


accelerated depreciation

(automotive, Canada) The lost value a vehicle carries after it has been repaired from an accident.


advanced green

About 30-to-35 parking meters will be installed on Queen and Main Sts. and some left turn prohibitions will be imposed and advanced greens added at the intersection to improve traffic flow.

1993 May 5, Mike Funston, “Brampton Aims to Lure Shoppers”, in Toronto Star, Canada, retrieved 2011-05-26, page BR3:

Bruce Zvaniga, the city's manager of urban traffic control, said Toronto's advanced greens always last for at least six seconds, and 10 seconds or more at busy intersections at peak times.

2003 Sept. 15, Jeff Gray, "Advanced greens: Too few, too short," Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada), p. A9 (retrieved 26 May 2011)

(Canada) In some jurisdictions, a type of traffic light signal, in which the green light initially flashes while the matching light for oncoming traffic remains red, signalling drivers that they may make an unobstructed turn across the oncoming lane while the flashing continues.


chesterfield rugby

From chesterfield, a generic term for "sofa" in Canadian English, and rugby, a contact sport, alluding to the physical nature of sex.

As to necking and petting, as a kind of part time recreation, frankly, it's a failure. You'll do better to dance together or play tennis than to use up all that ebulience in what we used to call chesterfield rugby.

1973 August 25, Doris Clark, “Successful Living”, in The Leader-Post:

"There are so many adults with fitness problems today because, other than a little chesterfield rugby, they never exercise," said Allan Little, Edmonton YMCA supervisor.

1975 November 13, “Lazy Muscles: Fitness Scares Them”, in The Montreal Gazette:

(Canada, idiomatic, euphemistic) Sexual activity.


crackerbox

From cracker + box, suggesting a square package of biscuits.

It’s the same with the Subaru Impreza WRX. With apologies to its zealous owners — their vision was apparently too clouded by speed to notice — the original WRX was one of the homeliest cars around, a budget crackerbox in a high-performance Halloween costume.

2007 October 21, Lawrence Ulrich, “Attractive, Yes, if Not for Its Looks”, in New York Times:

(US, Canada, sometimes derogatory) An uncomfortably small and boxy house or car.


DTH

(television, Canada, US) Initialism of direct-to-home.


newsbox

newsboxes (plural)
news box (alternative)

(US, Canada) A vending machine selling newspapers.


toolbag

Leighton Greene, Star Spanked
“Sorry for being such a total toolbag,” Tristan whispered when I gave the empty bottle back to him.

You are owed an explanation and an apology. […] I'm sure you're an awesome, lovely girl, and he was a total toolbag who was lucky to be with you.

2014, Lisa Winning, Carrie Henderson McDermott, He Texted: The Ultimate Guide to Decoding Guys, page 222:

(Canada, US, slang, derogatory) A tool or jerk; an obnoxious person.


LVT

veterinary technician
veterinary technician#English

(US, Canada) Initialism of licensed veterinary technician.


CanCon

In the early part of the Cancon era, CKLW demonstrated considerable reluctance in programming legitimately locally-made singles. Rather, the station searched out U.S. records with dubious Canadian connections (many a song written by Paul Anka, who left Canada 15 years ago, have found their way into ’LW playlists) to avoid taking a chance on unknown Canadian artists.

1973 May 19, Ritchie York, “Artist Claims CKLW’s Keen Interest Affects U.S. Hits”, in Billboard, volume 85, number 21, Los Angeles: Billboard Publications, page 58:

(informal, Canada, broadcasting) Canadian content, in the context of Canadian regulations setting minimum quotas of Canadian content for Canadian radio and television broadcasters.


simple majority

simple majority (plural simple majorities)

Oregon and Colorado were chosen by anti-gay groups to build momentum for a nationwide attack, beceause thhe two states have lenient election laws that allow for state constitutions to be amended by a simple majority of voters

1991 December 15, Dawn Schmitz, “Putting Gay Rights To A Popular Vote”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 22, page 1:

(Canada, US) Synonym of majority: (of a motion) more votes in favor of a proposition than against it.


landed immigrant

landed immigrant (plural landed immigrants)

The immigration department said today that Ivor Hughes, 35-year-old wartime Royal Navy deserter, has been granted permission to live in Canada as a landed immigrant.

1953 December 18, “Allow Navy Deserter To Stay as Immigrant”, in Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Canada, retrieved 2011-07-24, page 4:

Canada granted landed-immigrant status to 222876 persons last year, the highest total since 1957.

1968 February 16, “Immigration in 1967 highest for decade”, in Windsor Star, Canada, retrieved 2011-07-24, page 13:

Jeff Goldfeder, an American who has been a landed immigrant in Canada for more than 20 years, said he couldn't think of a more enjoyable way to celebrate the day with his family.

2011 July 2, Jana G. Pruden, Andrea Sands, “Parades, pancakes mark Canada Day in Edmonton”, in Edmonton Journal, Canada, retrieved 2011-07-24:

(Canada, dated) A person who is not a citizen of Canada but who has been legally admitted to Canada as a permanent resident.


dickass

What kind of a dickass line is this: "Jeez, I, like, slopped coffee over my blouse"?

1995, Craig Brown, The Private Eye: Craig Brown Parodies:

(Canada, US, vulgar) A contemptible person.


Vismin

vismin (alternative)
vizmin (alternative)

visible minority
visible minority#English

(Canada) Abbreviation of visible minority.


grayhead

grayheads (plural)
greyhead (alternative)

What is most troublesome to me is that our residents — no matter how much we grayheads or graybeards model the approach to history-taking from parents — learn that the checklist on the computer screen is the thing to look at, and not the living person describing their child and her problems.

2009 March 11, “Doctor-Patient-Computer Relationships”, in New York Times:

(Canada, US) A person with gray hair; an elderly person.


Mareva injunction

Mareva injunction (plural Mareva injunctions)

Named after the legal case Mareva Compania Naviera SA v International Bulkcarriers SA [1975] 2 Lloyd's Rep 509, decided in 1975.

(law, British, Canada) A court order which freezes assets so that a defendant to an action cannot dissipate their assets from beyond the jurisdiction of the court.


angryphone

/ˈæŋ.ɡɹiˌfəʊn/

/ˈæŋ.ɡɹiˌfoʊn/

Such sayings run counter to a certain character who loiters in the Montreal imaginary of stereotypes: the whining 'angryphone,' the anglophone Montrealer ever dissatisfied with his or her lot in Quebec.

2000, Martha Radice, Feeling Comfortable? The Urban Experience of Anglo-Montrealers, page 88:

(Canada, informal) An English-speaking resident of Quebec who demonstrates systematic anger or aggression towards the French language or against the actions of Quebecois nationalists, or who is a peevish complainer.


field house

field houses (plural)
fieldhouse (alternative)

From Middle English *feldhous, from Old English feldhūs (“a tent”), equivalent to field + house. Modern sense is from 1895, originally, a side building by an outdoor sports field, later used for large buildings for indoor sports.

There were herds of leather sofas and enough computers to ensure that no prospective matriculant or visiting parent could enter a room and not see at least one available keyboard, not even in the dining hall or field house.

2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

(Canada, US) A large building for indoor sports, particularly at colleges.

(Canada, US) A building for equipment storage and changing rooms (locker rooms) by an outdoor sports field.


peameal bacon

(Canada) Back bacon that has been brined and coated with fine cornmeal or with a meal made of ground, dried peas.


plush toy

(US, Canada, Australia) A soft toy with a soft, plush covering.


ass juice

ass juice (usually uncountable, plural ass juices)

The floor beneath them had a puddle of cock-snot and ass juice, slick as vanilla pudding. The two rookies groaned like jilted whores. Tim was still working the cop's dick like a woodpecker on steroids. Suit was a natural sucking machine.

2010, Michael Gleich, Sarge and the Sailor Boy:

(Canada, US, vulgar, slang) Semen, saliva or other fluid lubricant present in the rectum.


butt juice

butt juice (countable and uncountable, plural butt juices)

(Canada, US, vulgar, slang) Semen, saliva or other fluid lubricant present inside the rectum.


puss-puss

puss-pusses (plural)
puss puss (alternative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-puss-puss.wav

Those skinheads lacked the intestinal fortitude to ward off the attack of their simplistic intelligence. They are the weakest bunch of puss pusses that I have ever seen. They sent my carrier countless complaints but I STILL STANDING HUH. What a bunch of pussies. I've got more respect for Ian Taylor Christopher than I do for these weak bitches. Sure we had some words but at least he stood up. These punks just ran and told the teacher. BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTCH!

1995 March 18, cw...@delphi.com, “WE WON! Alt.skinheads destroyed.........”, in alt.skinheads (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-26:

> Of course not.What a puss-puss.
:) I am a puss-puss often. It keeps me sober and alive to be flexible. My telling you anything about god as i understand god, is a useless endeavor. You have to find god on your own, through your own actions; don't you know that?

1998 September 7, daniel, “The Steps are about God”, in alt.recovery.na (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-26:

The puss-pusses are watching, but they're just waiting for us to get tired and leave so they can crawl back in here and lick their wounds. As much fun as they are *pretending* to have at the other ass-wipe safe NG's, you can bet anything that they wish they had *their* NG back... and that they weren't SPNANKED out of this one. The sweetest victory is that the truth, not lies, did the SPNANK!

2000 September 3, Justin Credile!, “CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE??”, in alt.fan.madonna (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-26:

Bristol, TN? Well, HEEE-fuckin-HAWW Gomer!! GAWW-LEEE WILLIKERS!
The Rocking Horse? Is that the motion you and your toothless, hillbilly butt buddies get going when they're ass fucking you out in the woods?
I already told you where to meet me tomorrow night, puss-puss! The time and place You understand me, puss-puss? I certainly hope so. Maybe I can find somebody to give you a little bit of that "rocking horse" action, puss-puss. You'd like that wouldn't you, puss-puss?
BE THERE!!
heh, heh, heh

2006 June 23, ThreeBallLouie, “Liberals Are The Ones Who Got Ass-Whipped In School”, in alt.politics (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-26:

(derogatory, vulgar, colloquial, chiefly Canada, US) A coward.


take one's tongue out of someone's ass

en-verb

take<,,took,taken> one's tongue out of someone's ass

take one's tongue out of someone's ass (third-person singular simple present takes one's tongue out of someone's ass, present participle taking one's tongue out of someone's ass, simple past took one's tongue out of someone's ass, past participle taken one's tongue out of someone's ass)

takes one's tongue out of someone's ass (present singular third-person)
took one's tongue out of someone's ass (past)
taken one's tongue out of someone's ass (participle past)

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An extension of the idiom lick someone's ass.

(Canada, US, vulgar, slang) To stop flattering someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner and supporting their every opinion.


dialyzable

en-adj

dialyzable (comparative more dialyzable, superlative most dialyzable)

more dialyzable (comparative)
most dialyzable (superlative)
dialysable (alternative)

It is heat-stable, water soluble, dialyzable, and resistant to low temperatures.

1957, Ellicott McConnell, The Production by Bacillus Thuringiensis Berliner of a Heat-stable Substance Toxic for Insects, page 42:

(US, Canada) (of a substance) Able to be removed by dialysis.


poop out

en-verb

poop out (third-person singular simple present poops out, present participle pooping out, simple past and past participle pooped out)

poops out (present singular third-person)
pooping out (participle present)
pooped out (participle past)
pooped out (past)

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Do you poop out at parties?

1952 May 5, “Vitameatavegamin”, in I Love Lucy, spoken by Lucy Ricardo:

(intransitive, slang, Canada, US) To quit due to tiredness.

Climbing that hill really pooped me out.

(transitive, slang, Canada, US) To make very tired; to exhaust.

He pooped out a long, large turd.

When trout take cased caddis larvae, they ingest them pebbles or plant stems and all.[…]They take the caddis happily, digest the nutritious parts, poop out the rest with no problems.

2004, Dave Hughes, Handbook of Hatches, Stackpole Books, page 100:

(transitive, slang, childish, Canada, US) To defecate.


cougaring

(Canada, US, slang) The seeking of casual, often sexual, companionship of younger males by an older woman.


tourtière

en-noun

tourtière (countable and uncountable, plural tourtières)

tourtières (plural)
tortiere (alternative)
tourtiere (alternative)

From Canadian French tourtière, from a cooking vessel of the same name, from French tourte (“meat pie”). There is a common false etymology that it derives from the alternative meaning tourte (“passenger pigeon”).

Last December, I called my mother to get her recipe for tourtière, a beloved traditional French-Canadian dish. It would be the meaningful heart of a bundle of gifts I had lovingly gathered to honour a Métis elder I had recently met. To share this recipe for tourtière was to share a piece of my family’s story with this elder, to whom I owed a great debt of gratitude.

2018 November 30, Isabelle Bourgeault-Tassé, “How a family recipe taught me what’s at stake when Franco-Ontarians lose their roots”, in The Globe and Mail:

(Canada, chiefly Quebec) A type of traditional French-Canadian meat pie, usually made with pork.


tourtiere

tourtiere (countable and uncountable, plural tourtieres)

What I wanted Anna to understand was that I was more from here than she was. At least half my people were from Cape Breton. Salt water did run in my veins. Okay, so it was mixed with a bit of tourtiere, but it was there.

2011, Michelle Ferguson, “Alice’s Kitchen”, in From Away, Ottawa, Ont.: Borealis Press, →ISBN, page 13:

(Canada) Alternative spelling of tourtière


prismatic colors

(physics, optics, Canada, US) Colors visible when white light is split in a prism.


dutchie

From Dutch + -ie. It is unclear whether the sense of a cannabis joint comes from an earlier meaning of cannabis blunt rolled using a Dutch Masters cigar or whether it instead derives from the song Pass the Dutchie, which is itself based on the song Pass the Kouchie (where kouchie in the title refers to koutchie (a pipe for smoking cannabis)).

(Canada) A fast food pastry, being a square doughnut with raisins and glaze.


banana peel

(Canada, US, Philippines) The several outermost layers of a banana, especially once removed from the rest of the banana, which may be slippery if stepped on.

Furthermore, he is completely surrounded by banana peels. Canada's economy is slowing down, though less so far than extreme pessimists feared. Newly released figures show that our merchandise trade surplus in 1989 fell by more than half to its lowest level in 10 years. And, ever since it peaked on Jan. 12, the dollars yo-yo motion has juddered erratically, signalling confusion to the money markets of the world where the mismanagement of a national economy is judged with a harsh and unforgiving coldness. The freshest banana peel under Mr. Wilson's foot is the report that inflation in January jumped from December's 5.1 per cent to 5.5 per cent -- right on the heels of Thursday's rise of more then half a percentage point in the Bank of Canada rate.

We had the first black president, trying to bring home a victory on healthcare. I didn’t want to be a banana peel for him.

2012, Van Jones, “Prologue: There and Back Again”, in Rebuild the Dream, Nation Books, →ISBN:

(Canada, US) A cause of difficulty, or potential embarrassment.


soddie

The soddie could be a freestanding structure made of slabs of sod cut by a plow, or it could be a dugout partially bored into the side of a hill or into the ground.

1988, Glenda Riley, The Female Frontier, page 87:

I learned how to make a soddie into a home.

1995, Julie Garwood, Prince Charming, page 247:

“Living in a soddy!” exclaimed Marie. “I didn't know there was anyone alive today who lived in a soddy. In our part of Nebraska, soddies went out of existence around the beginning of the 1900s.”
“Oh, we had soddies for a long time after that,” said Robert. “This area was too poor to afford lumber for housing. Quite a few of us lived in soddies when we were kids.”

2004, Marie Kramer, Grandchildren of the Pioneers, page 56:

It is better now that we do not live in the soddie, but to Mor it does not seem better.

2010, Brenda K. Marshall, Dakota, Or What's a Heaven For, unnumbered page:

(US, Canada, informal) A house constructed from blocks of sod, once common in the prairies of the United States and Canada.


fetus fetishist

fetus fetishist (plural fetus fetishists)

"Defeat the fetus fetishists" and "I am more important than a fetus" were among the placards carried by nearly 100 women […]

1972 October 3, Laurie Johnston, “Respect Life Week Stresses the Unborn”, in The New York Times:

As Campbell announced he supported life, Morgentaler cut him off and shouted, "I'm a pro-choicer and a pro-lifer. You are not a pro-lifer; you are a fetus fetishist."

1988 February 10, “TV Opponents Take Gloves Off Following Debate on Abortions”, in Toronto Star:

(Canada, US, politics, derogatory, dysphemistic) One who supports fetal rights; an antiabortionist.


tool around

en-verb

tool around (third-person singular simple present tools around, present participle tooling around, simple past and past participle tooled around)

tools around (present singular third-person)
tooling around (participle present)
tooled around (participle past)
tooled around (past)

Near-synonym: cruise

It's like when you were in high school, hanging out with your friends and tooling around in your parents' jalopy.

2001 April 26, “Pay-to-play space mission”, in Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, US, retrieved 2012-07-06:

Many drivers tool around town or take long drives with cell phone in hand, one eye on the road but their mind clearly someplace else.

2005 July 14, “Editorial: Talking heads”, in Toledo Blade, US, retrieved 2012-07-06:

Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is known for selling the jet her predecessor as Alaska governor used to tool around the state. She now has one of her own.

2008 September 5, “Palin can't say no to jet this time”, in azcentral.com, US, retrieved 2012-07-06:

en:drive or jaunt about in a leisurely way

(transitive and intransitive, Canada, US) To drive or jaunt about, going from place to place without any specific direction or goal.


butt out

butt out (third-person singular simple present butts out, present participle butting out, simple past and past participle butted out)

butts out (present singular third-person)
butting out (participle present)
butted out (participle past)
butted out (past)

The government should butt out of people's private lives.

(intransitive, Canada, US, slang, derogatory) To stop interfering; mind one's own business.


doucheness

(Canada, US, derogatory, slang) stupidity; jackassery


Mischief Night

(UK, Canada, US) A particular night during which young people play pranks and do mischief in their neighborhoods.

(dated, originally) The night before May Day.

(UK) Mostly practiced in the North West of England, Mischief night (“missie night” in Liverpool ) is the 30th of October (the night before Halloween).

Trick Night

around New York City, Connecticut, Rhode Island

Cabbage Night

upstate New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont

especially in upstate New York, Vermont, and Bergen County, NJ

Devil's Night

Chicago, Michigan, Maryland, New Jersey, coastal New England

(US, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and especially New Jersey) The night of the 30th to the 31st of October (the night before Halloween).

Maryland; Delaware; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; Connecticut; Maryland; Delaware; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; Connecticut


glucose-fructose syrup

en-noun

glucose-fructose syrup (countable and uncountable, plural glucose-fructose syrups)

High fructose corn syrup
high fructose corn syrup


glucose/fructose

2009 "The Canadian Soft Drink Industry"
Glucose/fructose is a generic term for high fructose corn syrup or HFCS

High fructose corn syrup
high fructose corn syrup#English

(Canada, cooking) High fructose corn syrup.


monkeys might fly out of my butt

En-au-monkeys might fly out of my butt.ogg

Popularized by the 1992 film Wayne's World. Likely a variation on pigs might fly.

‘I am sure he'll pay you back tomorrow.’ ‘Yeah right, and monkeys might fly out of my butt.’

(Canada, US, slang, vulgar) A response to a suggested situation that one thinks has no chance of ever occurring.


buttbuddy

buttbuddies (plural)
butt buddy (alternative)

Bill and Matthew have been buttbuddies for years now.

(Canada, US, vulgar, slang) A man's male sex partner.


deep freeze

deep freezes (plural)
deep-freeze (alternative)
deepfreeze (alternative)

From deep + freeze. Second sense appears c. 1851 in the publication Prairie Farmer.

(Canada, US) A time period of very cold weather, in which the temperatures are below freezing.


endorsation

endorsations (plural)
indorsation (alternative)

Every Endorsation of the examination of any permit shall be made on the back thereof, and every permit shall be defaced by writing the word " Cancelled " across the face of it on the expiration of the period for which it has been granted.

1868, Governor General of Canada, Order-in-Council:

As an alumnus of the University of Virginia, a gallant Confederate soldier, and since the war a devoted, useful minister of the gospel, Mr. Nelson is widely known and needs no endorsation from us.

1876, Rev. John William Jones, Prison Life of Rev. Geo. W. Nelson:

The following article which gives an able and reliable account of the invention has my entire endorsation.

1894, Thomas Edison, Introduction to Edison's Invention of the Kineto-Phonograph (Century Magazine)

The only peculiarities of deposit-receipts consist in the consideration of how far endorsation of the deposit-receipt is equivalent to the money alleged to be donated.

1908, The Scottish Law Reporter, volume 45:

Endorsation of the policy followed is a matter to be determined by the Executive

1952, Journals of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada, volume 94:


frickle

Frickles (fried pickles) are inspired and served with a blue cheese dipping sauce (see page 20).

2013, Lisa Faulkner, The Way I Cook..., page 41:

Raise your hand if you love fried pickies (both my hands are raised). There is no stopping my love for pickle-anything, but frickles take it to a whole new level.

2020, Rachel Mansfield, Just the Good Stuff, page 116:

Using the deep-fryer's wire basket, a slotted spoon, or a spider, remove the frickles to paper towels to absorb extra oil or drain on a wire rack.

2013, Josh Lebowitz, Eva Pesantez, Sean Evans, Brother Jimmy's BBQ:


fatbutt

(Canada, US, vulgar, slang) An overweight person.


septage

(Canada, US) The partially treated waste stored in a septic tank.


MCAT

“Please, save me from the boredom of this practice test. I might actually die if I have to do another one. Can you imagine? Death by MCAT as you strive to become a doctor.”

2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, Viking (2021), page 216:

Medical College Admission Test
w:Medical College Admission Test

(Canada, US, countable) Acronym of Medical College Admission Test.


butt chin

butt chins (plural)
butt-chin (alternative)

Still looking lost and confused, Clive scratched his butt-chin, looked me in the eye with both pupils constricted, and full of uncertainty, he stammered as he fired yet another question.

Katie immediately noticed a deep cleft in his chin. “Butt chin” was what the kids at school called it.

Alex barked a laugh, surprising both of them. "Butt chin? What does that mean?"
"It's got a crack in it, like a butt. Daddy had the butt chin, too."

Aria sneaked a peek at Sean. Her eyes kept gravitating toward the little cleft in his chin. Ali used to call them "butt chins," but it was actually pretty cute.

His most distinctive feature was his cleft chin. Some people jokingly referred to it as a “butt chin.” Sheppard's dimpled chin wasn't at all unsightly.

2007, Nancy Taylor Rosenberg, Sullivan's Evidence, page 334:

He had a cleft chin, or as Matt whispered to me, a butt chin.

2006, Carol Weston, Melanie in Manhattan, page 261:

He bent down slowly and got so close to my face, I could see the lines in his glossy, unchapped lips and the stubbled hairs in the crack of his butt-chin.
page 123
And I told him everything; his perfect teeth glistened, a dimple flattered his flawless butt-chin.

2004, Justin Hocking, Jeffrey Knutson, Jared Jacang Maher, Life and Limb: Skateboarders Write from the Deep End page 107

"I guess he does have a butt chin."

2004, Hailey Abbot, Summer Boys, page 79:

He had a chin on him, a butt-chin, with a dimple in it.


namaycush

Borrowed from Cree ᓇᒣᑯᐢ (namekos, “lake trout”), from Proto-Algonquian *name·kwa (“lake trout”).

der

Salvelinus namaycush
Salvelinus namaycush#Translingual

(Canada, US) The togue: a large North American lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, usually spotted with red.


backhouse

backhouses (plural)
back-house (alternative)
back house (alternative)

→ French: bécosse

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BACK'HOUSE... a necessary.

1847, Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language:

[…] the chlorides Mother was always throwing into the little outdoor backhouse […]

1939, Christopher Morley, chapter II, in Kitty Foyle, page 23:

(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.


winninish

(chiefly Canada, dated) Alternative form of wananish


kiack

Common names for the alewife are gaspereau, river herring, sawbelly, or kiack.

2007, “Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)”, in Fisheries and Aquaculture—Government of Nova Scotia, retrieved 2011-11-30:

Finally, I visited a group of kiack fishermen down in Argyle. This was a new fishery to me. The kiack (also called gaspereau and alewife in other areas) is fished with a dip net out of small brooks in the Tusket River area.

2010, William Casselman, Nova Scotia Fish Word: Kiack, www.billcasselman.com (retrieved 29 Nov. 2011)

(Canada) Alosa pseudoharengus, a species of small freshwater fish, also known as the alewife.


diamond lane

Usually painted with a white diamond or lozenge.

high occupancy vehicle
high occupancy vehicle

(Canada, US) A freeway lane designated for sole use by high occupancy vehicles.


thruout

He connected the bulb in circuit with his conventional radio apparatus, using the same circuits for additional electrodes that he had used thruout his experiments with the thing.

1920 May 27, The Electrical Experimenter, New York, page 78, column 2:

It led to a drive against screeno as used in movie houses thruout the city.

St. Paul arrived in Greece 1,900 years ago this summer. It was a momentous event for the peoples of the western world. To signalize this undevicesimal centennial, the Greek Orthodox church is inviting scholars and religious leaders thruout the world to Athens for a delayed celebration in June of 1951.

1950 March 4, John Evans, “Notes on News in Religion”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, volume CIX, number 54, Chicago, Ill., page 8:

(US, Canada) Nonstandard spelling of throughout.


no duff

From the RAF slang expression "duff gen" meaning bad information; no duff, by extension means accurate, also: stop operations until ordered otherwise.
No Duff comes from the term "No Direction Finding" in the British Army in regards to radio/signals procedure. It was used when in training or on exercise to pass a message true in nature but not related to the aims of the exercise. This could be an accident, change of exercise requirements etc. This means the message to be sent should not be subject to radio direction finding to locate the transmitting station by either the blue or red side. ie
"Hello zero this is two one alpha, NO DUFF message over".
"NO DUFF two one alpha this is zero, roger out to you, hello all stations this is zero stand by for NO DUFF message out, two one alpha send NO DUFF over".
"NO DUFF hello zero this is two one alpha, two one bravo has rolled their rover over, over".
Normally followed by laughter or expletives from the zero's CP.

“Sunray, No Duff, No Duff, No Duff. We need a medic, we’ve got a man down. Wound to the upper arm, and major blood loss. Over.” ¶ All the other chatter on all the radios went dead with the ‘No Duff.’ It was the signal for a medical emergency.

2001, Ska Child, David Harris, Skavoovee, Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Publishing, page 152:

“Someone grabbed me from behind and said ‘No duff,’ which means this is real,” said LCdr. Wong. “That’s what everybody heard, ‘Plane crash, 737,’ and all of us started running to our posts,” he told reporters after Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrived here to commend those who raced to the scene.

2011 August 24, Gloria Galloway, “When troops heard ‘no duff,’ they knew Resolute Bay rescue wasn’t an exercise”, in The Globe and Mail:

(UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, military slang, radio voice procedure) Indicating that this is not a drill or training exercise.


no duff

“Get him in here, and radio a ‘no duff’ [casualty] to HQ.”

1999, Scott Taylor, Canada at War and Peace: A Millennium of Military Heritage, volume 3, Ottawa: Esprit de Corps Books, page 140:

[p 224] I called on the radio and — this was the most horrifying part of this — I couldn’t reach my observation post where my guys were. But I did get the command post in the middle of Srebrenica. I told them, “This is a no duff situation. You’ve got two men down and we’re on the trail.’
[p 236, glossary] No duff The radio code words used to get people off the air because a serious incident has occurred.

2003, “Jordie Yeo: Master Corporal” in John Wood ed., The Chance of War: Canadian Soldiers in the Balkans, 1992–1995, Dundurn Press

(UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, military slang, radio voice procedure) An incident that is not a drill or training exercise; an emergency. Also end of exercise. Stop drill immediately. As a ‘tap out’ called by during physical training. Sim munitions training in Australian Swat ‘end ex’.


vapourize

en-verb

vapourize (third-person singular simple present vapourizes, present participle vapourizing, simple past and past participle vapourized)

vapourizes (present singular third-person)
vapourizing (participle present)
vapourized (participle past)
vapourized (past)

Oxford British English and Canada standard form of vaporize.


IMP

(Canada, military, food) Initialism of individual meal package.


butt cheek

butt cheeks (plural)
buttcheek (alternative)
butt-cheek (alternative)


asspussy

From ass + pussy, implying it can be used like a vagina.

I rammed it back home, fucked him on his hands and knees til the hot little asspussy must've danced another thirty feet, leaving a trail of pre-cum in the dust.

2009, John Patrick, Naughty by Nature, page 34:

(Canada, US, very uncommon, slang, vulgar) The anus, as the receiving orifice in anal sex.

rondelle

the anus, as the receiving orifice in anal sex


QST

(Canada, taxation) Initialism of Quebec sales tax.


sharrow

Blend of share (verb) + arrow, coined by Oliver Gajda of the City and County of San Francisco Bicycle Program; see the 21 July 2004 quotation.

If you are referring to the http://www.humantransport.org/bicycledriving/index.html website, I don't believe we have a picture of what has been called the "Sharrow," the Shared-Use Arrow. ... Some of us on another list are in discussion about the Sharrow. Our conclusion seems to be that it is preferable to bike lanes, but should be laterally located in the center of the lane so as to NOT mis-communicate to either party expected bicyclist lateral location.

2004 March 27, Wayne Pein, “Re: LAB?”, in rec.bicycles.misc (Usenet), retrieved 2018-06-14, message-ID <4065D06D.ABC65A8A@nc.rr.comnews>:

As to the SHARROW Study (E1) Mr. Gajda reminded the BAC that colors have to be approved along with everything else and without CTCDC approval the City would be legally exposed. The BAC has the opportunity to advise the Board of Supervisors of our preferences and the Board can then inform the DPT. After being asked of how SHARROW placement decisions are made Mr. Gajda responded that the first work is done on bike routes that do not have a bike lane. Class three roadways. Volumes, speeds, width, collisions, especially dooring. Mr. Gajda warned that the date is based on citations in collision data base which leaves out all unreported accidents. After being asked about what items in the report DPT recommends action by the BAC Mr. Gajda responded that BAC take action on Policy, Grants, and Funding Legislation. Jerry Ervin (District 8) requested a specific list of where the BAC could expect requests for action from DPT. Mr. Gajda responded: SHARROW, Howard Street, Folsom Street, Octavia, Street Surface Conditions, Bicycle Parking, Baby Bullets, BART Bike Station, Funding.

2004 July 21, San Francisco Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC), “Regular Meeting Minutes”, in City and County of San Francisco, archived from the original on 2018-06-14:

The principal American road-sharing treatment is sharrows ("shared lane arrows"), a bicycle silhouette topped by a double chevron, usually marked every 200 feet (65 m) in the middle or right third of a travel lane in order to encourage cyclists to ride at a safe distance from parked cars. Sharrows are used on both two-lane and multilane roads. [...] Although some cyclists feel that sharrows given them legitimacy when controlling the lane, there is a danger that sharrows will become a cop-out, a way for the city to claim that it's created bike routes without really doing anything to improve bicycling conditions.

2012, Peter G. Furth, “Bicycling Infrastructure for Mass Cycling: A Transatlantic Comparison”, in John Pucher, Ralph Buehler, editors, City Cycling (Urban and Industrial Environments), Cambridge, Mass., London: The MIT Press, →ISBN, page 130:

If there is not enough room to stripe separate bicycle lanes, perhaps motor-vehicle speeds could be reduced through traffic calming, with sharrows installed in the middle of the traffic lanes. This is not a perfect solution for bicyclists, but perhaps it will meet the minimum service threshold.

2012, Jeffrey Tumlin, “Measuring Success”, in Sustainable Transportation Planning: Tools for Creating Vibrant, Healthy, and Resilient Communities (Wiley Series in Sustainable Design; 16), Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 276:

As of this writing, the city has 78 miles of bike lanes, 47 miles of bike trails, and 92 miles of sharrows (streets marked to remind motorists that bicycles have a right to the road).

2014, Gene Bisbee, “Seattle”, in Best Bike Rides Seattle: Great Recreational Rides in the Metro Area (A Falcon Guide; Where to Ride Series), Guilford, Conn.: FalconGuides, Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page 1:

(quoting Nicholas Ferenchak and Wesley Marshall) It is time that sharrows are exposed for what they really are, a cheap alternative that not only fails to solve a pressing safety issue, but actually makes the issue worse through a sense of false security.

2016 February 5, Eric Jaffe, “Some Bike Infrastructure Is Worse Than None at All”, in Bloomberg CityLab:

(US, Canada) A marking (often consisting of an image of a bicycle with two inverted V shapes either above or below it) on the surface of a paved road shared by both bicycles and other vehicles indicating a portion of the road that cyclists may use.


bencher

(Canada, law) A senior member of a law society in a Canadian province (except New Brunswick).


suffonsified

en-adj

suffonsified (comparative more suffonsified, superlative most suffonsified)

more suffonsified (comparative)
most suffonsified (superlative)
sophonsified (alternative)

Rice bowls topped with pork, chicken, curry or battered, fried seafood tempura are for sale everywhere. You put your money in a vending machine at the door, hand the chit to a server, and for about $6 you can have a seat at the counter, stuff yourself, then merge back into the passing throngs sufficiently suffonsified.

2004 June 30, John Northcott, “Stupid money”, in CBC News:

(Canada, informal, rare) Satisfied or satiated, particularly in appetite.


sophonsified

sophonsified (comparative more sophonsified, superlative most sophonsified)

more sophonsified (comparative)
most sophonsified (superlative)

"Are you sufficiently sophonsified?" Perdie asks Cordelia. This is a new thing they've taken to saying. It means, have you had enough to eat?

1988, Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye, McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN:

(Canada, informal, rare) Alternative spelling of suffonsified


voltigeur

Borrowed from French voltigeur, from voltiger (“to vault”), Italian volteggiare. See volt (“a tread”).


wavey

According to one theory, from Cree. An alternative etymology, perhaps a folk etymology, attributes the name to their peculiar, wavy flight.

Chen caerulescens
Chen caerulescens#Translingual

(US, Canada, dialects) The snow goose (Chen caerulescens)


metrification

en-noun

metrification (countable and uncountable, plural metrifications)


your guys's

tlb

(chiefly Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, chiefly proscribed)


seat sale

(Canada, British) A sale of reduced-price airline tickets.


whistlewing

common goldeneye
common goldeneye#English

Bucephala clangula
Bucephala clangula#Translingual

(dated, Canada, US) The common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula


booty scratcher

en-noun

booty scratcher (plural booty scratchers)

[…] What in the world is an African booty scratcher?” “Something my sister used to call me. I didn’t know what an African booty scratcher was and I still don’t, but I knew it was something negative things around me had taught me that any and everything referencing Africa had dubious admirable qualities. So what I inevitably sculpted one day were these blue-black, big-lipped, wide nosed, monkey-looking African figures with enormous buttocks, swinging naked from a tree, and landing on the jungle floor to scratch theirs or somebody else’s behinds.

1999, Odessa Rose, Water in a Broken Glass. A novel, La Caille Nous Pub. / Cool Water Publishing House LLC, →ISBN, page 121:

At elite universities, Caribbean students have reportedly excluded African Americans from organizations and study groups, claiming, as part of their immigration narratives, that the latter group lacks the appropriate work ethic to participate. Young Caribbean people learn from their parents the stories of exploitation at the hands of African Americans, or other Caribbean people who had been here longer, when they newly arrived in the United States, and those stories become warning narratives. Most black Americans have minimal contact with black immigrants and derive their information about them from imperialistic and Euro-centric media constructions of third-world, black-populated countries. Hence, immigrated blacks are taunted by them with racist terms like “African booty scratcher” or references to AIDS.

2004, Imani Perry, Prophets of the Hood. Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 17:

(Canada, US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) An African person.


death star

From death + star: star as in satellite; death as in the decimation of an industry. Influenced by the Death Star base in Star Wars media.

satellite television
satellite television

cable television
cable television#English

digital satellite television
digital satellite television#English

(slang, colloquial, Canada, US, television, dated) a direct-to-home satellite television satellite (used by the cable television provider industry, to describe their competitors and the effect they would have in decimating the cable industry, prior to the introduction of digital satellite television and the three-foot dish revolution)


cellar dweller

A publicity stunt has gone horribly wrong for Gold Coast United after the A-League cellar dwellers suspended their coach Miron Bleiberg indefinitely over comments regarding teenager Mitch Cooper's appointment as skipper.

2012 February 16, “Gold Coast United suspend coach”, in ESPN Australia:

Cellar dwellers Gold Coast United will not be turned into a travelling road show to combat poor home support according to the club's owner Clive Palmer.

2012 February 12, “No Travelling Road Show For United”, in Australian four Four Two, archived from the original on 2012-09-05:

2006 November 8, “Defending champs downed by cellar dweller”, in Vancouver Sun:

(US, Canada, Australia, sports) A team at the bottom of a league, or in a lower league.


mompreneur

(Canada, US) Alternative form of mumpreneur


lumberjack breakfast

lumberjack breakfast (plural lumberjack breakfasts)

(Canada) A large breakfast of eggs, ham, bacon, sausages, and pancakes.


metrify

en-verb

metrify (third-person singular simple present metrifies, present participle metrifying, simple past and past participle metrified)

metrifies (present singular third-person)
metrifying (participle present)
metrified (participle past)
metrified (past)

From Latin metrum (“meter”) + -fy. Compare French métrifier.


ticktack

ticktack (third-person singular simple present ticktacks, present participle ticktacking, simple past and past participle ticktacked)

ticktacks (present singular third-person)
ticktacking (participle present)
ticktacked (participle past)
ticktacked (past)

(transitive, Canada, US) To play a prank that involves making noise outside a person's house by various means.


make due

make due (third-person singular simple present makes due, present participle making due, simple past and past participle made due)

makes due (present singular third-person)
making due (participle present)
made due (participle past)
made due (past)


wirehouse

wirehouses (plural)
wire-house (alternative)
wire house (alternative)

Merrill Lynch
Morgan Stanley
UBS
Wells Fargo

1904, wire + house (“company”), from earlier private-wire house (1894). Originally referred to brokerage companies that owned or leased telegraph lines, so that market information could be transmitted more quickly. Later generalized to “major brokerage”. Wirehouses are now defined by that they have a direct access to "Fed-Fund Wires", which is the system in which all banks and only the big brokerage houses can "wire" money directly from one account to another. Smaller brokerage firms do not have their own wire line, but need to send transactions by transmitting them through a bank's wire system.

Ten years ago, the Wall Street wirehouse brokerage firm seemed unassailable – part of the very firmament underpinning the entire investment industry from coast to coast.

2012, Josh Brown, “Perhaps I’ve Been a Bit Too Harsh…”, Wall Street Journal Financial Adviser, January 25, 2012

(Canada, US, finance) A major brokerage company, generally nationwide, with multiple branches.

The so-called ‘wire house’ …is a product of the boom times.

1904, N.Y. Evening Post 18 June, 1904 (Financial Section) 1/7

The “market information” is more diversified than formerly, and in many ways the “wire house” can fill a place that the old-style …

1905, The World’s work, volume 9, Doubleday, Page & Co.:

(Canada, US, finance, obsolete) A brokerage company with a telegraph line, telephone line, or electronic communication network.


private-wire house

en-noun

private-wire house (plural private-wire houses)

private-wire houses (plural)
private wire house (alternative)

1894, due to these brokerage companies owning or leasing telegraph lines (which occurred since 1873), so that market information could be transmitted more quickly.

All the private-wire houses were active on the selling side, those most talked of in connection with the Wall Street bull interest being the most active.

1894, “Chicago Was Afraid of Wall Street”, The New York Times, February 10, 1894, page 2

Commission men, as a rule, will not accept discretionary orders. Their risk is great enough when directions are explicit. The following is the eloquent plea made, in a letter to a private-wire house, …

1895, Forest and Stream,, volume 44, page 463:

Edward Leland of the firm of Leland Ware, which in its line did the biggest private-wire business in the country, was expelled from the Chicago Stock Exchange today on the general charge of indulging in methods detrimental to the interests and contrary to the rules of the institution of which he had been a member only a year.

1899 December 14, “Chicago Broker Expelled: Large Private Wire House Guilty of Connection with Bucket Shops .”, in The New York Times, page 2:


whiteass

And how many times have our people spoke^([sic]) of dreams since the Whiteasses came?

2000, Michael Piedmonte, Split Land of Liberty, page 137:

(Canada, US, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) A white person.


subpena

(Canada, US) Alternative form of subpoena


subpena

en-verb

subpena (third-person singular simple present subpenas, present participle subpenaing, simple past and past participle subpenaed)

subpenas (present singular third-person)
subpenaing (participle present)
subpenaed (participle past)
subpenaed (past)


chicot

Felling a tree which is supporting a chicot can be dangerous as depicted in the above drawing. The victim in this case was fatally crushed by the falling chicot.

1972, Pulp & Paper Magazine of Canada (volume 73, issues 1-6, page 28)

(Canada, forestry) A tree or tree limb that is dead and may fall and cause injury.


wicopy

From an Algonquian term for "stringy bark"; compare Abenaki wigebi (“stringy inner bark (used as cordage)”), Ojibwe wiigob (“inner bark of a basswood”).

cog

wickape (alternative)
wickopy (alternative)

(US, Canada) Any of several trees, such as the leatherwood/moosewood (of the genus Dirca), the whitewood, or the American basswood/linden (of the genus Tilia).


daycation

You'll want a back-pocket, getaway idea to pull out when you have a free afternoon and the itch to take off for a while. Our "daycations" are just the ticket to satisfy mini wanderlust.

1986 June, Linda Pender, “Daycations”, in Cincinnati Magazine:

(Canada, US) A single-day excursion or retreat.


hoodman

en-noun

hoodman (plural hoodmen or (MTE, slang) hoodmans)

hoodmen (plural)
hoodmans (plural slang)

toronto hoodmans don't even laugh they just yell "yooooo" & "chillll" in different variations and rhythms

2018 January 31, @racquelll_, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-08-26:

(Canada, chiefly Toronto, MTE, slang) A member of a youth subculture group that listens to urban music, wears puffer jackets and sportswear, uses a heavy Toronto accent (with lingo), is typically uneducated, and may be engaged in illegal activities.


workcation

(Canada, US, informal) A vacation that one spends getting work done.

trabacaciones

a vacation that one spends getting work done


frozen custard

frozen custard (countable and uncountable, plural frozen custards)

(US, Canada) A cold dessert similar to ice cream, made with eggs in addition to cream and sugar.


catbutt

who must now go and prevent her 9 pound cat from kicking the catbutts of two 23+ pound cats.

1996 May 29, Julia A. M. Hayden, “Re: GH:All Alone”, in rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc (Usenet):

> Probably for the same reason people stare at cats' assholes.
oh i don't know. catbutts are kinda cute, don't you think?

1998 June 3, Erik, “Re: My FINAL reply to Lisa”, in alt.support.depression (Usenet):

I have been very conscious of the fact that by declawing her, I rendered her defenseless. However, she has kicked some catbutt when we had intact kitty boarders, not drawing blood, but winning by intimidation.

1998 September 29, Blake, “Re: declawing”, in alt.cats (Usenet):

Hey now, my cats are always sticking their butts in my face to show me what a good job they did cleaning them. I'd rather look at a catbutt than troll leavings any day.

2000 July 1, Noelle, “Re: Oh Hell..Wonder pill lets women conceive at sixty”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):

EVERY SINGLE CAT IN THIS HOUSE HAS STUCK HIS BUTT IN MY FACE!! Do I look depressed? <various Patrons shake their heads> Do I look like I NEED a catbutt in my face?

2001 October 7, Kat & Kent [username], “semiRANT! Catbutts!”, in alt.callahans (Usenet):

Within a nanosecond of the book becoming a horizontal surface, there was a catbutt firmly planted upon it.

2002 January 13, Yowie [username], “Considerate [BW][Long]”, in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes (Usenet):

You can buy catbutt refrigerator magnets, clever cards, and fun jewelry and T-shirts by local artists.

2011, Beth Taylor, Frommer's Seattle Day by Day, page 76:

2011, Alan Scherstuhl, Studies in Crap, SF Weekly, 1951 Planned Parenthood Pamphlet Pretty Much Says Life Begins at Conception, link
Junior got mom's brown hair and dad's catbutt eyes!

(Canada, US, informal, sometimes attributive) The backside of a cat.


momoir

So-called momoirs, first-person accounts exploding some of the sentimentality about motherhood, include Andrea J. Buchanan's "Mother Shock" and Muffy Mead-Ferro's "Confessions of a Slacker Mom."

2006 December 17, Lizzie Skurnick, “Chick Lit, the Sequel: Yummy Mummy”, in The New York Times:

(Canada, US, informal) A memoir written by or about a mother.


Muskoka chair

From Muskoka + chair, after the Muskoka Lakes region of Ontario.

(Canada) A kind of outdoor lounge chair made of wood, with wide arm rests; Adirondack chair.


Adirondack chair

Adirondack chair (plural Adirondack chairs)

After the Adirondacks, a mountain chain in New York State.

Nurse Graves […] wheeled him out onto the veranda, where he was lifted into an Adirondack chair and positioned so that he was facing the sun—or, rather, the spot in the firmament the sun might have occupied if it hadn't gone south for the winter.

1993, TC Boyle, The Road to Wellville, Penguin, published 1994, page 104:

(Canada, US) A kind of outdoor lounge chair made of wood, with wide arm rests.


tiger mom

The message to tiger moms: telling your kids that failure is not an option does not set them up for success.

2012 March 30, Stefanie Weisman, “Taming the Tiger of Achievement”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2012-05-17:


monkey trail

(Western Canada) A beaten path where children play.


victory lap

2012 Summer Olympics
Gladys Tejeda
Nastassia Staravoitava
Rasa Drazdauskaitė
Sviatlana Kouhan
Ümmü Kiraz

It’s not just finances that lead to victory laps. Those who study abroad during undergraduate may find it difficult to earn enough credits to fulfill degree requirements in four years.

2013 February 25, Vivien Chang, “The myth of the four-year degree”, in Maclean's:

McNaughton continues, “I took a stroll underneath it before freshman year and I am going to be taking a victory lap.”

2017 April 1, Peter Lenz, “The Clock Tower: The History, The Myths, and More”, in The Racquet:

(Canada, US, education, slang) One or more years of study beyond the traditional four taken to complete one's undergraduate degree.

An examination of the data generated by the survey instrument revealed the existence of a definitive gender disparity between the two groups in that 47.8% (22 of 46) of male respondents reported having taken a victory lap compared to 20.2% (21 of 104) of their female counterparts.

2010 November 18, Patrick Brady, Philip Allingham, “Pathways to University: The ‘Victory Lap’ Phenomenon in Ontario”, in Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, number 113:

Each year as many as 20,000 students head back for a so-called victory lap in Ontario's classrooms, which prompted the province to implement a 34-credit cap in a bid to save up to $22 million annually.

2012 April 9, Teri Pecoskie, “A cap on the victory lap”, in Hamilton Spectator:

(Canada, chiefly Ontario, education, slang) One or more additional years of study in high school.


Greek yogurt

Greek yogurt (countable and uncountable, plural Greek yogurts)

Greek yogurts (plural)
Greek yoghurt (alternative)

So called due to its association with Greece, due to this type of yogurt being eaten by people from the Levantine region and Greece, and later it being mainly exported from Greece to the various parts of the English-speaking world by brands like Fage. Attested since at least 1968.

A form of yogurt that has been strained to remove the whey, resulting in lower fat content and higher protein content.


Crown prosecutor

Crown prosecutor (plural Crown prosecutors)

Crown prosecutors (plural)
crown prosecutor (alternative)

(British, Canada, Australia) The state prosecutor; the legal party responsible for presenting the case against an individual in a criminal trial.


Black English

Greater Toronto English
Greater Toronto English#English

Any of several varieties of English spoken by or associated with Black people, especially people of African origin or in Africa.

(Canada) Synonym of Greater Toronto English (“MTE”)


waterhorse

(Canada, dialect) A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain.


snow bunny

(Canada, US, slang) An inexperienced, usually female skier.

(Canada, US, slang) A young, attractive, female skier; a sexually active young woman attracted to the promiscuous après-ski way of life.


auto shop

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(US, Canada) A shop that deals in the repair of automobiles

(US, Canada) A school class dealing with the repair of automobiles.


wood shop

(US, Canada) A shop that deals in woodworking or carpentry

(US, Canada) A school class dealing with woodworking or carpentry


aww yeah

[ɔː˧˧˦ jɛː˨˩ə˩]

Aww yeah, I got a new video game!

(informal, slang, Canada, US) an exclamation of excitement or joy


laugh up one's sleeve

en-verb

laugh up one's sleeve (third-person singular simple present laughs up one's sleeve, present participle laughing up one's sleeve, simple past and past participle laughed up one's sleeve)

laughs up one's sleeve (present singular third-person)
laughing up one's sleeve (participle present)
laughed up one's sleeve (participle past)
laughed up one's sleeve (past)

laugh in one's sleeve
laugh in one's sleeve#English

(UK, Canada, idiomatic) Alternative form of laugh in one's sleeve.


laugh in one's sleeve

laugh in one's sleeve (third-person singular simple present laughs in one's sleeve, present participle laughing in one's sleeve, simple past and past participle laughed in one's sleeve)

laughs in one's sleeve (present singular third-person)
laughing in one's sleeve (participle present)
laughed in one's sleeve (participle past)
laughed in one's sleeve (past)
laugh up one's sleeve (alternative)

Nixon boastfully called the seven days he spent on the Chinese mainland "the week that changed the world"–without, however, specifying whether the change was for the better or for the worse. The way he humbled himself before Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai reminded me of the tribute-bearing foreign emissaries of the previous centuries who went to Peking to pay homage at the Chinese Imperial Court. Nixon's hosts must have laughed in their sleeves at his behavior during their meetings.

1983, James C. H. Shen, “Beginnings of Endings”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally, Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 7:

(US, Canada, idiomatic) to laugh in secret or to oneself, usually gloatingly

смея́ться в кула́к impf (smejátʹsja v kulák, literally “to laugh in one's fist”)


summary offence

en-noun

summary offence (plural summary offences)

(law, British, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong) A crime in some common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded against summarily, without the right to a jury trial and/or indictment, as required for an indictable offence.

簡易罪 /简易罪

crime that can be proceeded against summarily


Juan de Fuca Strait

Strait of Juan de Fuca
Strait of Juan de Fuca


RDC

The virtue of the R.D.C. is that it can be used for short inter-city trips such as this, or for branch services, or even for commuting. It is a pity that its spartan accommodation makes it unsuitable for long runs; the introduction by the C.P.R. of an "improved" service between Medicine Hat and Vancouver (nearly 1,000 miles stopping at almost all stations), using an R.D.C., got the hostile press reception it deserved.

1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 553:

(rail transport, US, Canada) A Budd Rail Diesel Car, a self-propelled railcar for passengers.


truck stop

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Any teamster pulling into a truck stop today will almost surely be vastly outnumbered by nonunion drivers.

1996 December 18, Dirk Johnson, “Nostalgia Shaped Some Teamster Votes”, in New York Times, retrieved 2012-07-27:

Nestled in the rolling hills of Lancaster County, the town of Gap is a sprawling collection of clapboard houses, strip malls and a truck stop named Touch O' Home.

2001 June 24, Nadya Labi, “Amiss Among The Amish”, in Time:

(chiefly Canada, US, Australia) A roadside service area, usually consisting of a restaurant and service station and sometimes a motel or hotel, where drivers of long-haul trucks can stop to refuel, eat, and rest.


bazoo

Probably from Dutch bazuin (“trumpet”). First attested in the mid 19th c..

It goes against the grain to toot one’s own “bazoo”

1894, “Splendid work of the National Association of Dental Faculties”, in Dominion Dental Journal, volume VI, page 221:

Born Charles Westover in Coopersville, Michigan, on 30 December 1939, he learned to play the bazoo, ukulele and, eventually, the guitar.

2012, Sharon Davis, Every Chart Topper Tells a Story:

The bully girl with a crystal optic and tin horn was at the jollification. She “tooted her bazoo” in concert with Hon. Nelson’s horn, and wanted “White husbands or none.”

2017 May 1, Peter Jensen Brown, quoting Leavenworth Weekly Times, July 21, 1870, “Bazoo, Kazoo, Bazooka”, in Early Sports and Pop Culture History Blog:

(Canada, US, dated) A simple wind instrument, such as a kazoo or tin horn.


lobster pound

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So sing (if you listen closely) some 5000 lobsters rushed by air freight daily direct from a 1,000,000-capacity lobster pound in Clark's Harbour in the southernmost tip of Nova Scotia to Sea 'n Surf Restaurant on Rte. 9, Framingham.

1963 September 29, “Lobster Fit for Queen At Sea'n Surf”, in Boston Globe, USA, retrieved 2012-07-28, page B18:

The new lobster pound under construction on the east side of Pero Point is expected to begin receiving its first lobsters during the annual fall lobster harvest in November.

1987 March 27, Clayton Beal, "Lobster pound being built on east side of Pero Point," Bangor Daily News (Maine, USA), p. 8 (retrieved 28 July 2012)

Digby County lobster fisherman Paulin Robichaud, who lost 35,000 lobsters in an apparent case of deliberate poisoning last month, is getting out of the business and won't be restocking his lobster pound.

2007 August 8, “Pound won't reopen, says lobster fisherman”, in CBC News, Canada, retrieved 2012-07-28:

(chiefly Northern Atlantic region of Canada, US) A large commercial enclosure filled with circulating water in which lobsters are kept alive pending sale.


assbrain

Back in a few hours, assbrain.

2002, Andre Perkowski, Along the Edges of Electric Disgust: An Exciting Novel of Tomorrow, page 4:

You, me, all those other assbrains in there, throwing our dollars at Max Hunter.

1993, James W. Hall, Hard Aground, page 4:

It was in the newspapers and on TV how cops all over the country were looking for Buddy, and here this assbrain wanted to know if he was sending postcards, or calling up to chat, or whatever dumb fucking thing she thought.

1993, James Neal Harvey, The Headsman, page 218:

(Canada, US, slang, sometimes considered, vulgar, derogatory or offensive) An idiot; a fool.


survivance

survivance (countable and uncountable, plural survivances)

(Canada) The survival of Francophone culture in the face of Anglo-American hegemony.


scalie

While we were there a couple of scalies came out and started up the street, but seeing the strikers there they turned around and went back into the saloon.

1908 November, “On the Firing Line”, in Machinists' Monthly Journal, volume 20, number 11, page 998:

In the car department we would repair cars that were disabled and placed in bad order by a bunch of scalies taking the place of striking switchmen, engineers, Firemen, etc.

1911 March, “From Brittania Lodge, No. 361”, in Railway Carmen's Journal, volume 16, number 3, page 129:

In Dallas, women scalies cursed women pickets; four pickets went to jail for disorderly conduct while the scalies went on to work.

1935, International Stereotypers' and Electrotypers' Union Journal, volume 30, page 830:

(Canada, US, dated, derogatory, slang) A strikebreaker.


freshman fifteen

I gained the dreaded "freshman fifteen," whereas Ophi became unnaturally thin from eating too little.

1997, Tali Edut, with Dyann Logwood and Ophira Edut, “HUES Magazine: The Making of a Movement”, in Leslie Heywood, Jennifer Drake, editors, Third Wave Agenda: Being Feminist, Doing Feminism, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 85:

Having gained the regulation freshman fifteen meant that my skirt that day fit.

1999 August 4, Alice Sebold, Lucky, New York: Scribner, →ISBN, →OL, page 37:

The freshman fifteen is the stuff of urban legend — a horror story that wreaks havoc on the psyches of high school seniors everywhere, for fear that it too might touch their lives, leaving them crying in the Sears dressing room shopping for pants two sizes larger.

2012 August 9, Tiana Kupinski, “Getting mean on the Freshman 15”, Sun Belt Collegiate, in Explorer:

(colloquial, US, Canada) The amount of body weight (thought to be 15 pounds) gained by a student during their first year of college.


Crown attorney

(Canada) An attorney who represents the federal or provincial government in a court of law.


lieutenant governor

lieutenant governor (plural lieutenant governors)

lieutenant governors (plural)
lieutenant-governor (alternative)

(Canada, government) The representative of the Crown in the provincial legislatures of Canada.


moving violation

moving violation (plural moving violations)

Under present law, the Department of Public Safety can suspend a license from 30 to 90 days when the holder accumulates three moving violations.

1959 May 20, Taking Violators Off the Road, St Petersburg Times, p. 8A

(US, Canada, Australia, law enforcement) Violation of the law by the driver of a vehicle while in motion.

Verkehrsverstoß

violation of law by the driver of a moving vehicle


watap

watap (usually uncountable, plural wataps)

wataps (plural)
watape (alternative)
wattape (alternative)

(US, Canada) The root of the spruce, and sometimes also of the pine, split lengthwise into strips and used in the construction of baskets and canoes.


wejack

From Cree ocêk, otchek (“fisher”) or Ojibwe ojiig (“fisher, marten”). Doublet of woodchuck and woodshock.

Pekania pennanti
Pekania pennanti#Translingual

Martes pennanti
Martes pennanti#Translingual

(US, Canada, rare) A fisher, Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti.


whisky-jack

(Canada) Alternative form of whisky jack (gray jay, Canada jay).


creton

(Canada, New England) A spreadable paste made from pork fat, ground pork trimmings, onions.


woodshock

From the same Cree term ocêk, otchek (“fisher, marten”) or Ojibwe term ojiig (“fisher, marten”) which was taken into English as wejack in reference to the marten and as woodchuck in erroneous reference to the groundhog. Woodchuck may derive from woodshock.

(US, Canada, dialects, obsolete) The marten, or its pelt.

(US, Canada, dialects, obsolete) The groundhog, or its pelt.


klootch

Either a shortening of klootchman, or simply from the Nootka łuuč (“female”); that is, from the first part of that word without the addition of the second part.

(US, Canada, western dialects, uncommon) klootchman: woman, wife (especially if Native American).


high muckamuck

From Chinook Jargon hiyu muckamuck (“plenty of food”). Compare muckamuck.

He would become well when he reformed his eating habits and submitted himself to the regimen prescribed by Dr. John HArvey Kellogg and the high muckamucks of health.

1993, TC Boyle, The Road to Wellville, Penguin, published 1994, page 94:

(Canada, US, colloquial) A person in a position of power, authority, or status.


squaw winter

squaw + winter. The Narragansett word squaw was applied by Europeans to a large number of unrelated things; see the Derived terms section of the entry squaw.

(Canada, Northwest Territories) A mild onset of winter.


private member's bill

private member's bill (plural private member's bills)

(law, British, Canada, Australia) A proposed law introduced by a member of a legislature who is not acting on behalf of the executive government.

私人條例草案 /私人条例草案

proposed law introduced by a member who is not acting on behalf of the executive


for days

Her legs went on for days.

(US, Canada, informal) For a large amount or distance; a lot.

She has legs for days.

That kid has charisma for days.

(US, Canada, informal) To a great degree; very much.


methy

From Woods Cree mathay (“burbot”); compare Cree miyay.

The occow, or river perch, termed also horn-fish, piccarel, or doré, is common, but is not so much esteemed as the attihhawmeg. It attains the length of twenty inches in these lakes. The methy is another common fish; it is the gadus lota, or burbot, of Europe.

1824, John Franklin, Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, volume 1, page 144:

In addition to the sturgeon, the fishery occasionally yields the white-fish, pike, various kinds of trout, the methy, and several sucking-carp.

1836, Richard King, Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Arctic Ocean, volume 1, page 53:

Our Loche or Methy is not a fashionable fish, […]

1873, Anual Report of the Department of Marine and Fisheries, for the year ending the 30th June, 1872, page 191:


indictable offence

indictable offence (plural indictable offences)

(law, British, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong) An offence which can only be tried on an indictment after a preliminary hearing to determine whether there is a prima facie case to answer or by a grand jury, in contrast to a summary offence.


assholish

en-adj

assholish (comparative more assholish, superlative most assholish)

more assholish (comparative)
most assholish (superlative)

(vulgar, Canada, US, informal) Like an asshole; objectionable, confrontational, etc.


refrigerator mom

en-noun

refrigerator mom (plural refrigerator moms)

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(Canada, US, informal) refrigerator mother


(Canada, informal) A 26-ounce bottle of alcoholic drink.


is it

issit (alternative)
izit (alternative)
izzit (alternative)

- I'm feeling tired.

- Is it?

2007, Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip, "Thou Shalt Always Kill" on Angles
Thou shalt not express your shock at the fact that Sharon got off with Brad at the club last night by saying "is it?"

"I mean what now - the bet is cancelled but they are both going to ask her, is it?"

2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 187:

(Canada, South Africa, India, MLE, MTE) really? is that so?


show one's butt

en-verb

show one's butt (third-person singular simple present shows one's butt, present participle showing one's butt, simple past showed one's butt, past participle shown one's butt or (US) showed one's butt)

shows one's butt (present singular third-person)
showing one's butt (participle present)
showed one's butt (past)
shown one's butt (participle past)
showed one's butt (US participle past)

They've been showing their butts (misbehaving), and so you know they haven't been out.

As of tonight those Federal goons in there showing their butts aren't law enforcement officers any more. They're the criminals now.

2005, H. A. Covington, A Mighty Fortress, →ISBN, page 152:

Granddaddy Jaybird always did something to, as Dad said when he thought I wasn't listening, “show his butt,” and today would be no exception.

2008, Robert McCammon, Boys' Life, →ISBN, page 65:

Las' night he tried ta show his butt by standin' up ta his ole man. I don't reckon he'll try that again anytime soon.

2009, Barry Reed, The Innocent Pirate, →ISBN, page 267:

He really showed his butt when he screeched in anger and frustration at finding it empty. He proceeded to rip the hell out of the bamboo, pulling it out of the ground with his beak and talons.

2010, Laura Lacey Satterly, Survival 2033, →ISBN, page 65:

He caused us to be late getting on the road because he was playing the “poor, pitiful, no-one understands me” card. It was around this time I learned a new expression from his family. He was showing his butt.

2012, Tracie Crawford, I Changed My Mind, →ISBN, page 76:

(Canada, US, slang, vulgar, idiomatic) To misbehave or act defiantly.


lamesauce

(Canada, US, slang, derogatory) Something that is undesirable or detrimental.


lamesauce

(Canada, US, slang, derogatory) An expression of frustration or disappointment.


flip the script

flip the script (third-person singular simple present flips the script, present participle flipping the script, simple past and past participle flipped the script)

flips the script (present singular third-person)
flipping the script (participle present)
flipped the script (participle past)
flipped the script (past)

Some people walk with a panther or strike a buffalo stance that makes you wanna dance. Other people flip the script on the day of the jackal that'll make you cackle.

2003, Deborah Gregory, The Cheetah Girls: Livin' Large!, page 405:

But sometimes she'd flip the script and come out with some tight shit on, turning that magnetic strength up to full power.

2008, Brian Peterson, Move Over, Girl: A Novel, page 63:

We need to flip the script and start showing that same level of compassion and love toward each other, and perhaps we will then gain respect and control over our communities.

2010, Inkwell, Children in the Belly of the Beast: Breeding Ground for Social Pathology, page 148:

And we're not talking about me. We're talking about you. What's with you Kings? You're always trying to flip the script on me.

2011, Adrianne Byrd, King's Promise, page 94:

I know there are exceptions, and I’m not trying to flip the script and reveal the reactionary face of Hollywood, though it’s true that in the years of the Production Code (from the mid-’30s until the late ’60s), Hollywood upheld a fairly conservative vision of American life.

2022 June 2, A. O. Scott, “Are the Movies Liberal?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(Canada, US, informal) To reverse a situation, especially by doing something unexpected.


you gals

Hey you gals! How you doin'?

You gals headin' down to the beach?

(idiomatic, colloquial, chiefly Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) You (plural).

the list of other second-person pronouns in you


garbage mitt

A type of mitt once commonly seen worn in cold weather by garbagemen.

Western kids often wore what they called “garbage mitts”—padded for heavy duty by city workers—instead of hockey gloves; Maritimers used their father’s work gauntlets, with heavy leather up the wrists. But the essential rules were the same everywhere: no goal-sucking, no raising, unless whoever’s younger brother was stuck in goal was also foolish enough to wear shin-pads, no long shots, no throwing your stick to stop a breakaway.

1981, Peter Gzowski, The Game of Our Lives, Surrey, B.C.: Heritage House Publishing, published 2004, page 77:

She looked like a man, like a miniature version of Buck wearing his old red toque with the ragged pompom, his garbage mitts stained with fish blood, the army green parka.

2004, Cara Hedley, Twenty Miles, Toronto: Coach House Books, published 2007, page 188:

I would get into the most fabulous fistfights — dropping my garbage mitts and hurling my fluxing body onto another adolescent, and we would roll around in the freshly plower street tasting salt and each other’s fists.

2005, Jon Paul Fiorentino, “Electrolux”, in Asthmatica, Toronto: Insomniac Press, page 29:

(Western Canada, especially Manitoba, chiefly in the plural) A thick hide mitten, with thick pile lining.


duck hawk

duck hawks (plural)
duck-hawk (alternative)

Falco peregrinus
Falco peregrinus#Translingual

(US, Canada) peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)


buttmuncher

(Canada, US, somewhat vulgar, slang, humorous) Term of abuse


cheezie

From the name of the Canadian cheese puff brand Cheezies (derived from cheesy), produced by W.T. Hawkins Ltd, through trademark erosion.

A table beside it was crowded with empty cola bottles and half-eaten bags of chips and cheezies.

1994, Margaret Buffie, The Warnings, Kids Can Press, published 1994, →ISBN, page 125:

Within seconds, the air was thick with flying potato chips, cheezies and other odds and ends.

2006, Michele Martin Bossley, Swiped, Orca Book Publishers, published 2006, →ISBN, page 6:

Day-glo orange cheezies are highly processed and practically nutrient-free—the diet equivalent of entertainment television.

2007, Annemarie Tempelman-Kluit, Healthy Mum, Happy Baby: How to Feed Yourself When You're Breastfeeding Your Baby, Random House Canada, →ISBN, pages 60–61:


forced-birther

[…] that we are English, for there is something peculiarly English about modern abortion, and that is why we can bravely claim to be, as the forced-birthers snarl, the abortion capital of the world, no less.

1997, The American Spectator, volume 30, page 88:

(chiefly US, Canada, politics, informal, derogatory, dysphemistic) One who desires that abortion be illegal, and thus that pregnant women be required to carry to term and give birth in all or most cases; a pro-lifer.


buttprint

Putting a dirty buttprint on the bed probably wasn't the nicest thing to do, but it couldn't be helped.

(slang, Canada, US) The mark or impression left by buttocks having been pressed against a surface.


assprint

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-assprint.wav

If you sat on it, your assprint was impossible to rub away.

2011, Peter Orner, Love and Shame and Love: A Novel:


rubegoldbergian

en-adj

rubegoldbergian (comparative more rubegoldbergian, superlative most rubegoldbergian)

more rubegoldbergian (comparative)
most rubegoldbergian (superlative)
Rube Goldbergian (alternative)

/ɹuːbɡəʊldˈbəːɡɪən/

The machinery of government is often rubegoldbergian, with complex arrangements of devolution and special status and power-sharing and affirmative action, and the contraption is held together by a few national symbols such as a rugby team.

2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 633:

(Canada, US) Achieving a simple objective by absurdly complicated means; overcomplicated, elaborate and impractical.


manther

Cougars and manthers (which you should have heard of by now—or you can at least intuit) are always on the hunt for the energetic, supple, and naive.

2010, Brian Griffin, The Trustafarian Handbook: A Field Guide to the Neo-Hippie Lifestyle Funded by Mom and Dad, Adams Media, published 2010, →ISBN, page 195:

(Canada, US, slang) A woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men.


manther

“Jolo was a dick magnet but preferred manthers (older men who preyed on younger women) who spend lots of cash on her and me.”

2011, Dennis J. Stevens, Wicked Women: A Journey of Super Predators, iUniverse, published 2011, →ISBN, page 50:

All of these questions and more will be answered when Loverboy unleashes its well-oiled, classic rock canon on a sea of sweaty cougars and manthers grinding against one another to “Turn Me Loose,” April 21 at the Commodore.

2012 April 20, “Picks of the week”, in Vancouver Courier, page A37:

(Canada, US, slang) A man who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger women.


rum-runner

rum-runners (plural)
rumrunner (alternative)
rum runner (alternative)

Near-synonyms: bootlegger; moonshiner, shiner

(US, Canada) An alcohol smuggler, especially from the Prohibition era.


Timmy's

Now to end the past 7 days of hell I have gotten the wrong order at Timmy's!!!!!!

2001, WANDA BRAUGH, “ATTENTION DRIVE THRU EMPLOYEES”, in ott.singles (Usenet):

"Where do you want to go?" "Just down to Timmy's." She felt all Canadian-like, calling the Tim Hortons donut chain by the nickname the locals used.

Back in the car, I turned on the cruise control at a safe 110 kilometres an hour and, thanks to Timmy's donuts and coffee, I began to wake up.

2011, Ron MacLean, Kirstie McLellan Day, Cornered: Hijinks, Highlights, Late Nights and Insights:

(Canada, MTE, informal) Synonym of Tim Hortons


butt dialing

I love this phone because it has GPS on it as well as the flip covers the keypad..so no more purse or butt dialing! LOL

2002 July 8, Aclavern33, “Re: Is there a great deal on any SPCS phone now for existing customer?”, in alt.cellular.sprintpcs (Usenet), retrieved 2018-10-06, message-ID <20020707220838.13072.00004393@mb-mu.aol.com>:

[I'm curious why they would include such a feature in the first place.] Butt dialing. Especially since some phones call 911 if you hold down one key on the phone for several seconds, it's easy to accidentally dial 911. On certain Nextel phones you hold down "9" for a couple of seconds and it dials 911.

2007 November 24, Gordon Burditt, “Re: Design flaw in Verizon cell phones let criminals know you are dialing 911 via audible tone.”, in alt.politics (Usenet), retrieved 2018-10-06, message-ID <13kh1sbqrvo335f@corp.supernews.com>:

The Moto-G is the only one without a fingerprint sensor, which probably means it's more vulnerable to butt-dialing, unless they have new techniques I'm not familiar with.

2016 July 8, crankypuss, “unlocked phones: Moto-G vs OnePlus 3 vs iPhone SE?”, in comp.mobile.android (Usenet), retrieved 2018-10-06, message-ID <nlnv5h$nn9$1@gioia.aioe.org>:

(Canada, US, colloquial) The action of making a call from a cellphone in one's back pocket where its buttons are being inadvertently pressed


assplant

(Canada, US, slang) An unintentional landing on one's buttocks.


assplant

en-verb

assplant (third-person singular simple present assplants, present participle assplanting, simple past and past participle assplanted)

assplants (present singular third-person)
assplanting (participle present)
assplanted (participle past)
assplanted (past)

I assplanted in the parking lot.

(Canada, US, slang) To land on one's buttocks (unintentionally).


give one's head a shake

give one's head a shake (third-person singular simple present gives one's head a shake, present participle giving one's head a shake, simple past gave one's head a shake, past participle given one's head a shake)

gives one's head a shake (present singular third-person)
giving one's head a shake (participle present)
gave one's head a shake (past)
given one's head a shake (participle past)

If you're thinking about topping your burger with ketchup, mustard, relish and perhaps a couple of pickle slices, you might want to "give your head a shake."

2009 August 20, Joanne Chianello, “New program asks you to pass on the sodium”, in The Windsor Star:

But give your head a shake, people. Stop pushing for Wi-Fi at campgrounds around B.C. The entire premise of going camping is to escape from the hustle and bustle of our busy lives.

2011 August 19, Roxanne Hooper, “Please, keep the wilderness wild”, in The Record, New Westminster, British Columbia:

Talk about focussing on the unimportant. Give your head a shake, Google.

2011 December 5, Cam Cole, “Leafs lying scandal blown out of proportion”, in National Post:

(idiomatic, Canada) To reassess the common sense of one's behaviour, ideas, etc.


BGH

Initialism of Brockville General Hospital.

Brockville General Hospital
Brockville General Hospital#English