swamper

To use such a brake on the front wagon, the driver stood up on the seat, letting the team follow the leaders, and threw his whole weight on the upper end of the bar, while the swamper braked the rear wagon.

1926 Apr, Jacob Allred, “Driving the last 20-mule team across Death Valley”, in Popular Mechanics, page 610:

(Canada, US, slang) A truck driver's assistant; an assistant to a driver of horses, mules or bullocks.


DIAND

(Canada) Acronym of Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.


talk out one's ass

en-verb

talk out one's ass (third-person singular simple present talks out one's ass, present participle talking out one's ass, simple past and past participle talked out one's ass)

talks out one's ass (present singular third-person)
talking out one's ass (participle present)
talked out one's ass (participle past)
talked out one's ass (past)

talk out of one's ass
talk out of one's ass#English

(chiefly Canada, US, slang) Synonym of talk out of one's ass.


truckbed

truckbeds (plural)
truck bed (alternative)

Iraqi policemen stacked bodies several feet high in a pickup truck, but some fell out of the truckbed when they drove away.

2008 June 18, Richard A. Oppel, “At Least 51 Are Killed in Blast at Baghdad Market”, in New York Times:

(US, Canada, automotive) The bed (load-supporting platform) of a truck.


baffed out

en-adj

baffed out (comparative more baffed out, superlative most baffed out)

more baffed out (comparative)
most baffed out (superlative)
baffed-out (alternative)

My feet are wet. The Velcro gives when I walk and I have to bend over, with Pete in my arms, in the mall or near the parking meter outside the supermarket, to secure the flap, and it gives again. The boots are baffed out.

2005, Lisa Lynne Moore, Open, Canada: Anansi, →ISBN, pages 94-95:

A baffed-out old schooner called The Michigan was being sent over the cataract.

2008, Hans Werner, "From sublime icon to camp spectacle" (review of Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power and Lies by Ginger Strand), Toronto Star (Canada), 29 June (retrieved 3 May 2009)

[H]e had spent all day in the tavern, with the boys. By the time he got home and ready for work, he was pretty baffed out.

2009, William Weatherstone, “How I Got Started”, in TheDieselGypsy.com, Canada:

(chiefly Canada, informal) Worn out, exhausted, in dilapidated condition.


assmunch

(Canada, US, sometimes vulgar, slang, humorous) A despicable person.


buttmunch

Oh, now we have buttmunches talking how this is off charter! Isn't that great. Why don't you go find new ways to cheat, Scott?

1993 September 20, James P. Stuckey, “Re: Serpents/Rangers”, in rec.games.empire (Usenet), retrieved 2018-10-04, message-ID <CDnw31.KCH@rahul.net>:

At least she knew they were listening, but she responded to her classmate, "Don't you think I know that, you buttmunch?"

1999, Rose Wood, Dysinhibition Syndrome:

[…] and when some righteous buttmunch like Mike Barbour jacks him up, some ultra-righteous coach, say maybe Simet, has Barbour running stairs.

I had a cousin, name was Skeeter, which should tell ya something about what kinda PWT oxycontin-suckin' lowlife hillbilly buttmunch this guy was.

(Canada, US, slang, somewhat vulgar, humorous) Term of abuse for a stupid or contemptible person.


redberry

Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Vaccinium vitis-idaea#Translingual

(Canada, Labrador) The lingonberry or cowberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea.


Victoria Day

From Victoria + day, after Queen Victoria (24 May 1819–1901).

(Canada) A holiday commemorating the birthdays of Queen Victoria and the reigning monarch of Canada, falling on the last Monday before May 25.


nonfreeway

They also recorded the distance of each child’s home from the nearest limited-access highway and from other major nonfreeway roads.

2007 January 30, Nicholas Bakalar, “Highway Exhaust Stunts Lung Growth, Study Finds”, in New York Times:

(US, Canada) That is not, or does not relate to, a freeway.


freezie

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

(Canada) A frozen snack consisting of flavoured ice in a tube; a freezepop.


standard of identity

en-noun

standard of identity (plural standards of identity)

(US, Canada, law) A government regulation establishing the criteria which must be met before a product may be labeled as being a certain food.

Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Food and Drug Administration
standard of identity


whisky jack

whisky jacks (plural)
whiskey jack (alternative US)
whiskey-jack (alternative US)
whiskeyjack (alternative US)
whisky-jack (alternative Canada)
whiskyjack (alternative Canada)

Perhaps an alteration of whisky john, a corruption of Cree wîskacân / ᐄᐧᐢᑲᒑᐣ (iiyskacaan), or perhaps directly from Cree wîskicâk ᐄᐧᐢᑭᒑᐠ (iiyskicaak). See also Wisakedjak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Perisoreus canadensis
Perisoreus canadensis#Translingual

(Canada) The gray jay, Perisoreus canadensis.


shit fit

shit fits (plural)
shit-fit (alternative)
shitfit (alternative)

When the Republicans found out that Wilson's second bill was actually being credited to Al Blumenthal and Fred Ohrenstein, two Democrats the Republicans have a particular animosity toward, they, to put it mildly, threw a shit-fit.

1974, Phil Tracy, "State Secrets, The Village Voice, 23 May, p. 3 (retrieved 17 June 2009)

My sweet little usually mellow kitty was having a total shit fit, screaming her head off.

2007, Kris Carr, Sheryl Crow, Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips, →ISBN, page 25:

(chiefly US, Canada, vulgar) A childish display of anger or frustration; a tantrum; a frantic outburst.


Florida room

From its use in and association with the southeastern state of Florida in the United States. Cf. Arizona room.

Here In Florida Mrs. Jones raises begonias in her Florida room.

1965 January 25, “Club News: Pests To Be Topic”, in St. Petersburg Independent, retrieved 2009-06-23, page 11A:

When the cold wind comes
I go where the dahlias bloom
I keep drifting back
To your Florida room
Well, she's dressed too warm
For this latitude
We go out to lunch
With some Jamaican dude
Then the sun shower breaks
We come in out of the rain
But in her Florida room
There's a hurricane

1993, Donald Fagen, “Florida Room”, in Kamakiriad, performed by Donald Fagen:

Before proceeding with furniture, Akerman advises removing the glass enclosing the Florida room, as it creates a small awkward space.

2007 October 20, Donna Jean MacKinnon, “Keep your decorating light, airy to spruce up large condo”, in Toronto Star, Canada, retrieved 2009-06-23:

Community amenities will include a spacious parlor/lobby, library/business center and sitting area, resident community room, fitness room, Florida room and front and rear patios.

2009 June 17, “Nonprofit Developer to Build Senior Housing in St. Mary's”, in Southern Maryland Online, retrieved 2009-06-23:

(US and Canada, especially East Coast US and Florida) Synonym of sunroom, especially one without heating and enclosed with screens rather than glass windows.


in the light of

In the light of faith I gain wisdom in the wisdom of the Word your Son; in the light of faith I am strong, constant, persevering; in the light of faith I have hope: It does not let me faint along the way.

1980, Catherine of Siena, translated by Suzanne Noffke, The Dialogue, New Jersey: Paulist Press, page 365:

2005, Simon Blackburn, “hermeneutic circle," entry in The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, page 165,
Similarly, we may hold that the past can only be understood in the light of the present, and the present only understood in the light of the past.

In the light of cases such as this, one should perhaps be careful about suggesting general disapproval of ‘consumer’ objections to wind farm development.

2007, Jane Holder, Maria Lee, Environmental Protection, Law and Policy: Text and Materials, page 712:

(figuratively, chiefly UK and Canada) Based on conclusions derived from (a source of knowledge, evidence or inspiration).


Polack

Polacks (plural)
Polak (alternative)
Pollack (alternative)
Pollock (alternative)
Polock (alternative)

From Polish Polak (“a Polish person”). Cognate to French Polak, and akin to Swedish polack.

which to him appear'd / To be a preparation 'gainſt the Poleak

c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 260, column 2, line 63:

So leuied as before, againſt the Poleak.

c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 260, column 2, line 75:

First therefore was he employed into Poland, where by Sigismund, the king of Poland and of Suecia, he was received with great magnificence and applause both of the Polack himself and of his people.

1610, Thomas Middleton, “Sir R. Sherley Sent Ambassador, etc.”, in Arthur Henry Bullen, editor, The Works of Thomas Middleton, volume VIII, published 1886, page 307:

(now Canada, US now offensive slang) A Pole, or person of Polish descent.


in place

They ran in place with full packs for an hour.

In the event of a radiation leak, shelter in place: do not attempt to find a community shelter.

(chiefly Canada, US) Without changing position.


vanity plate

(US, Canada) A license plate whose identifier is chosen by the registering owner, usually to suggest a word or phrase.


nutria rat

(Canada, US) Alternative form of nutria.


houseware

houseware (usually uncountable, plural housewares)

(Canada, US) Synonym of household goods.


petty officer first class

petty officer first class (plural petty officers first class)

petty officer second class
petty officer second class

chief petty officer second class
chief petty officer second class

(Canada, Navy) A warrant officer in the Canadian Forces Maritime Command, ranking above petty officer second class and below chief petty officer second class.


petty officer second class

petty officer second class (plural petty officers second class)

non-commissioned officer
non-commissioned officer

petty officer first class
petty officer first class

(Canada, Navy) A non-commissioned officer in the Canadian Forces Maritime Command, ranking above master seaman and below petty officer first class.


master seaman

(Canada, Navy) A non-commissioned officer in the Canadian Forces Maritime Command, ranking above leading seaman and below petty officer second class.


leading seaman

(Canada, Navy) A non-commissioned officer in the Canadian Forces Maritime Command, ranking above able seaman and below master seaman.


chief petty officer second class

chief petty officer second class (plural chief petty officers second class)

chief petty officers second class (plural)

chief petty officer first class
chief petty officer first class

(Canada, Navy) A warrant officer in the Canadian Forces Maritime Command, ranking above petty officer first class and below chief petty officer first class.


chief petty officer first class

chief petty officer first class (plural chief petty officers first class)

chief petty officers first class (plural)

(Canada, Navy) A warrant officer in the Canadian Forces Maritime Command, ranking above chief petty officer second class.


two solitudes

First used by German poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) and applied to Canadian society in the title of a 1945 novel by Canadian author Hugh MacLennan.

[I]t may be pleaded that scholastic philosophy as it exists in Quebec has neither influenced, nor been influenced by, the development of modern philosophy elsewhere throughout the country during the last hundred years. Philosophically, Canada is a land of "two solitudes."

1951, John A. Irving, “Philosophical Trends in Canada Between 1850 and 1950”, in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, volume 12, number 2, page 224:

Montreal, where French and English have not merged but coexist in ‘two solitudes,’ has Latin flair but British solidity.

1976, J. Wreford Watson, “Review: The Development of the Canadian City”, in The Geographical Journal, volume 142, number 3, page 509:

In tracing the development of the discipline in twentieth century Canada, it became evident that demography had progressed through a number of periods. The years to 1950 represented a period of parallel and fairly independent growth in English-speaking and French-speaking regions, with little contact and communication; it is best described as a period of "one science, two solitudes."

2001, Sylvia T. Wargon, “Connections: Demography and Sociology in Twentieth Century Canada”, in The Canadian Journal of Sociology, volume 26, number 3, page 317:

(Canada, social criticism) The historical and, by some accounts, current dysfunctional relationship between the Anglophone and Francophone groups in Canada, characterized by poor communication and mutual exclusion.


Trudeau salute

Trudeau salutes (plural)
Pierre Trudeau salute (alternative)
Pierre Trudeau Salute (alternative)
Trudeau Salute (alternative)

After former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who made memorable use of the gesture.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Trudeau salute.

(Canada, euphemistic) The finger (obscene gesture).


rhyme off

en-verb

rhyme off (third-person singular simple present rhymes off, present participle rhyming off, simple past and past participle rhymed off)

rhymes off (present singular third-person)
rhyming off (participle present)
rhymed off (participle past)
rhymed off (past)

Say, that was quite a list of expenses Heffering rhymed off.

1944 January 8, “Talk of the Town”, in Toronto Daily Star, Canada, page 11:

However, she rhymed off a list of high achievers and well-known personalities who were known to suffer from learning disabilities.

1977 September 1, “Businessmen get involved with Riverdale students”, in North Shore News, Canada, retrieved 2009-07-24, page 15:

Sitting in an armchair beside a blazing fire in a community centre, Mr. Saakashvili rhymed off a list of his government's accomplishments.

2008 January 4, Jane Armstrong, “Is life any better in Georgia, ‘beacon of democracy’?”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, retrieved 2009-07-24:

(chiefly Canada, idiomatic, transitive) To list or recite quickly.


pedo-

paedo- (alternative)
pædo- (alternative)

From Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs, “child”).


Winnipeg couch

en-noun

Winnipeg couch (plural Winnipeg couches)

From Winnipeg + couch. First use appears c. 1945-1947.

He slept between sheets and on a flounced Winnipeg couch that stood in one corner of the twelve-foot square room that served as his cell.

1947, W.O. Mitchell, Who has seen the wind, Macmillan, page 261:

(Canada) A simple couch, having no back or arms, that can be converted into a double bed.


blow smoke up someone's ass

en-verb

blow<,,blew,blown> smoke up someone's ass

blow smoke up someone's ass (third-person singular simple present blows smoke up someone's ass, present participle blowing smoke up someone's ass, simple past blew smoke up someone's ass, past participle blown smoke up someone's ass)

blows smoke up someone's ass (present singular third-person)
blowing smoke up someone's ass (participle present)
blew smoke up someone's ass (past)
blown smoke up someone's ass (participle past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-blow smoke up someone's ass.wav

(Canada, US, slang, vulgar) Alternative form of blow smoke.


common room

He was […] none of your free-and-easy companions, who would scrape their boots upon the fire-dogs in the common room, and be not at all particular on the subject of spittoons; […]

1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 10.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 289:

Any expected permanent way checks are indicated daily on a map in the enginemen's common room.

1950 June, N. H. Bousfield, “Angers, a French Provincial Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 371:

(UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand) A shared lounge found in dormitories, universities, military bases, etc.


lard-ass

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


CMA

en-noun

CMA (countable and uncountable, plural CMAs)

(Canada, countable) Abbreviation of Census Metropolitan Area.

certified management accountant
certified management accountant#English

(Canada, countable) Initialism of certified management accountant.


bust a cap in someone's ass

en-verb

bust a cap in someone's ass (third-person singular simple present busts a cap in someone's ass, present participle busting a cap in someone's ass, simple past and past participle busted a cap in someone's ass or bust a cap in someone's ass)

busts a cap in someone's ass (present singular third-person)
busting a cap in someone's ass (participle present)
busted a cap in someone's ass (participle past)
busted a cap in someone's ass (past)
bust a cap in someone's ass (participle past)
bust a cap in someone's ass (past)

pop a cap in someone's ass
pop a cap in someone's ass#English

(slang, Canada, US) Synonym of pop a cap in someone's ass.


faucetlike

en-adj

faucetlike (comparative more faucetlike, superlative most faucetlike)

more faucetlike (comparative)
most faucetlike (superlative)

(Canada, US, rare) Resembling or characteristic of a faucet.


running shoe

For example, if some people are wearing their joggers as fashion statement rather than as injury preventers, then perhaps their plan to buy expensive running shoes is actually sound.

2016, Ray Wyatt, Plan Prediction: Which Policy is Preferred by Which People?, page 69:

(Canada, US, Australia) Sneaker, not cleats; tennis shoes; normal gym shoes.


areaway

“I have three rooms here, and the back one opens into a kind of areaway from which I get into an abandoned storeroom, or I guess it’s an attic. […]”

1922, Zane Grey, chapter 7, in The Day of the Beast, New York: Harper, page 116:

At the basement door, which as in all these houses led out into the areaway below the front stoop, Krupong said, “Is there a toilet down here?”

1969, Hortense Calisher, chapter 11, in The New Yorkers, Boston: Little, Brown, page 307:

(Canada, US) An outdoor passage offering access to a basement.


CGA

certified general accountant
certified general accountant#English

(countable, Canada) Initialism of certified general accountant.


nonaluminum

(Canada, US) Not of or pertaining to aluminum.


Oka

From French, from Mohawk [Term?] (“a kind of pike [fish]”) . The cheese is named for the village.

der

(Canada) A kind of pungent, semi-soft cheese, originally made by Trappist monks in Oka, Quebec.


holiday season

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

What are your plans for the holiday season?

(US, Canada) The period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur, such as Halloween, American Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa


acrost

Now ye sling a couple o' saplings acrost the durrt ye've chucked out.

1904, Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond), The Magnetic North:

It's in that little brick buildin' straight acrost from the sheriff's door o' the jail--ye've been neighbors this long time!

1905, Booth Tarkington, The Conquest of Canaan:

I'll jest sashay acrost the track an' give 'em my regards."

1913, Horace Annesley Vachell, Bunch Grass:

(US, Canada, dialectal, nonstandard) Alternative form of across.


window treatment

en-noun

window treatment (plural window treatments)

(interior decoration, chiefly US, Canada) A set of decorations for a window, often including curtains or blinds.


meet with

en-verb

meet with (third-person singular simple present meets with, present participle meeting with, simple past and past participle met with)

meets with (present singular third-person)
meeting with (participle present)
met with (participle past)
met with (past)

‘They want to meet with you at the Annexe as soon as possible. I'm to ring back by yesterday.’
‘They want what?’
‘To meet you. But they use the preposition.’
‘Do they? Do they really? Good Lord. I suppose it's the German influence. Or is it old English? Meet with. Well I must say.’ And he lumbered off to the bathroom to shave.

1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 239:

(chiefly US, Canada) To have a meeting with (someone).


schlockmeister

From schlock + -meister, originally “seller of inferior goods”.

Or he could be viewed as a schlockmeister lowering standards for an inarticulate public, especially women—so often conceived as mass-cultural dupes.

2014, Eric Weisbard, Top 40 Democracy […] , University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 4:

Hearing Mamet call Spielberg a pretentious schlockmeister was even more shocking to the alderman—to all the aldermen present, in fact, and to Daley, too—than hearing him say he hadn't seen Private Ryan.

2022, Adam Levin, Mount Chicago, Doubleday, →ISBN:

(slang, derogatory, chiefly Canada, US) A writer of schlock; an author, film director, etc. who produces tasteless and inferior works.


goat rodeo

For example, a shooting incident had turned into a 20 police car "goat rodeo." The entire area was blocked by the multitude of police cars...

1996, Barbara Isabel Hummel, Managing the world: an analysis of expressive folklore among paramedics:

Old FAA hands, who are trying to keep this goat rodeo moving in a straight line, are still hopeful that this will all shake out in time...

2004, David Clarke, Technology and terrorism:

I should have known after a Monday like that, that Tuesday would be a veritable goat rodeo.

“McConnell has zero interest in presiding over another goat rodeo,” a second health care lobbyist told me.

2017, Dylan Scott, Republicans wind up one last Hail Mary to repeal Obamacare:

(Canada, US, slang) A chaotic, unmanageable situation.


Newfoundland speed bump

en-noun

Newfoundland speed bump (plural Newfoundland speed bumps)

[W]e bought a widely sold poster with the caption "Newfoundland Speed Bump" above the photograph of an ornately antlered bull moose halting traffic.

1992 August 16, Jack Schnedler, “On the Edge in Newfoundland”, in Chicago Sun-Times, page 1:

He pitched his first freelance feature to Canadian Geographic . . . a cover story about the province's plaguelike overpopulation of moose, also known as Newfoundland speed bumps.

2009, Eric Harris, “Editor's notebook: To the Tablelands,”, in Canadian Geographic, volume 129, number 5, page 9:

(Canada, humorous) A moose, especially one which is in a roadway.


jerkwad

And frankly, jerkwad, you're not worthy to lick the dirt off his briefcase.

2001, William Bernhardt, Murder One, Ballantine, →ISBN, page 110:

Hidge said, "Someone with a license, jerkwad."

2001, Bill Roorbach, The Smallest Color, Counterpoint, 2003 pbk ed., p. 222

You're not crazy, just extremely annoying. Go soak your head, jerkwad.

2003 December 16, “Confidentials”, in Weekly World News, page 23:

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


Hicksville

en-proper noun

Hicksville (countable and uncountable, plural Hicksvilles)

Hicksvilles (plural)
hicksville (alternative)

From hick + -s- + -ville (sense 2). In Ohio and Long Island (New York) at least, from the surname Hicks + -ville.

(Canada, US, humorous) A hamlet or small rural community populated by hicks.


paper towel

(Canada, US, Australia, countable) A sheet of absorbent paper, used for cleaning and food preparation, usually sold in and dispensed from rolls.


conditional sentence

en-noun

conditional sentence (plural conditional sentences)


theatre

theatre (countable and uncountable, plural theatres)

From Middle English theater, theatre, from Old French theatre, from Latin theatrum, from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”), from θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see, watch, observe”).

der

Mother[…]considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres.

1921, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

City's players and supporters travelled from one end of the emotional scale to the other in those vital seconds, providing a truly remarkable piece of football theatre and the most dramatic conclusion to a season in Premier League history.

2012 May 13, Phil McNulty, “Man City 3-2 QPR”, in BBC Sport:

But the picture was different elsewhere - Theatre Royal Windsor recorded full houses, although the managing director stated that the actors had trouble getting to and from the theatre.

2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 31:

(chiefly Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK) Alternative spelling of theater.

(Canada, rarely Australia and New Zealand) A cinema; movie theatre.


off like a prom dress

Pun on two senses of off, with the implication that a couple at a prom are likely to have sexual intercourse. Compare off like a bride's nightie.

When we heard the police car pull up, we were off like a prom dress.

(simile, slang, Canada, US) Making a start, or departing, very rapidly.


headright

By 1846 we had moved past the line of settlement, to my father's headright on the Pedernales.

2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 4:

(Canada, US, now historical) A legal grant to own unsettled land in colonial America, or the land so claimed.


crazy-ass

en-adj

crazy-ass (comparative more crazy-ass, superlative most crazy-ass)

more crazy-ass (comparative)
most crazy-ass (superlative)


bust one's ass

en-verb

bust one's ass (third-person singular simple present busts one's ass, present participle busting one's ass, simple past and past participle busted one's ass or bust one's ass)

busts one's ass (present singular third-person)
busting one's ass (participle present)
busted one's ass (participle past)
busted one's ass (past)
bust one's ass (participle past)
bust one's ass (past)
bust one's arse (alternative)

(slang, vulgar, Canada, US) To work very hard, to put in a great amount of effort.


up one's own ass

16 February 2003, The Times - Motor Racing: Coulthard’s driving passion
[David Coulthard on Michael Schumacher] Considering the success and money he's earned, it'd be easy for him to disappear so far up his own arse, but he hasn't; there's something down-to-earth there

It's nice to be able to look back on the thing, because I was so up my own ass at the time about everything that it was hard to enjoy all the craziness...

9 December 2003 The Advocate (magazine) No. 904

19 February 2006 Sunday People - EXCLUSIVE: ON ME WEB CAM, SON!
Just like Leslie Grantham who also slagged off his costars, Forgeham blasted Zoe as "egotistical" and said she was "full of herself...and up her own ass"

(idiomatic, vulgar, Canada, US) Having an excessively high opinion of oneself, excessively preoccupied with one's own affairs, or lost in self-regarding abstraction.


SIRC

w:Security Intelligence Review Committee

(Canada) Acronym of Security Intelligence Review Committee.

CSARS

acronym of Security Intelligence Review Committee


Communications Security Establishment

en-proper noun

the Communications Security Establishment

signals intelligence
signals intelligence

(Canada) The Canadian foreign signals intelligence and cryptography agency.

Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications

Communications Security Establishment Canada


the Communications Security Establishment Canada

Communications Security Establishment
Communications Security Establishment

(Canada) Communications Security Establishment.

Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications Canada


CSEC

Communications Security Establishment Canada#English

(Canada) Initialism of Communications Security Establishment Canada.


RCAF

Royal Canadian Air Force
w:Royal Canadian Air Force

(Canada, military, aviation) Initialism of Royal Canadian Air Force.


CAF

Canadian Armed Forces
w:Canadian Armed Forces

(Canada, military) Initialism of Canadian Armed Forces.

(Canada, military, aviation, historical) Initialism of Canadian Air Force, predecessor of the Royal Canadian Air Force


CTM

en-noun

CTM (countable and uncountable, plural CTMs)

(Canada, finance, marketing) Abbreviation of Canadian Tire Money.


An R with a cross-stroke indicating an abbreviation (of recipe, response, retrograde etc). In the case of a prescription, abbreviating Latin recipe (“take this”, second-person singular imperative of recipiō); it is sometimes typeset as, or even interpreted as, a digraph Rx. Compare also Dx (“diagnose, diagnosis”) and Hx (“history”).

der

second-person singular imperative of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">recipiō</i>

(medicine, pharmacy, Canada, US, Philippines) Prescription.


cannista

“Our cannistas have worked tirelessly to understand how to guide people … where we can show them what a terpene is, what THC and CBD are, what strains are potentially the best for the outcomes they’re looking to have,” Mison said.

2018 October 16, Dayla Lahring, “Cannabis is legal – now what?”, in St. Albert Gazette:

The store also has a dedicated “education room” or “experimental room,” where customers can search tablets or talk to the shop’s cannabis educators — or “cannistas” — about different strains and consumption methods.

2019 April 1, “As retail pot shops launch in Ontario, Ottawa’s three stores open their doors”, in Global News:

Our Cannistas share inspiring insights, easy-to-follow advice and as much or as little education as you want, making your purchase simple and snappy.

2020 March 22, “Cannista (Educator)”, in Canada Jobs, archived from the original on 2020-03-22:

(Canada) A service employee at a marijuana shop.


swap meet

swap meets (plural)
swapmeet (alternative)

(Canada, US) A meet for the purpose of trading, including buying and selling or swapping (bartering); a flea market.


work someone's butt off

en-verb

work someone's butt off (third-person singular simple present works someone's butt off, present participle working someone's butt off, simple past and past participle worked someone's butt off)

works someone's butt off (present singular third-person)
working someone's butt off (participle present)
worked someone's butt off (participle past)
worked someone's butt off (past)

Her son, Dominic, had been ranked third at the end of his junior year, but had “worked his butt off this year,” she said.

2021 June 11, Stephanie Saul, quoting Melissa Borgioli, “Two Black Students Won School Honors. Then Came the Calls for a Recount.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

work someone's ass off
work someone's ass off#English

(Canada, US, vulgar, slang) Synonym of work someone's ass off.


DND

D&D (alternative)
DnD (alternative)
D'N'D (alternative)

Department of National Defence
w:Department of National Defence

(military, Canada) Initialism of Department of National Defence.


luck in

luck in (third-person singular simple present lucks in, present participle lucking in, simple past and past participle lucked in)

lucks in (present singular third-person)
lucking in (participle present)
lucked in (participle past)
lucked in (past)

I hope I luck in and win the draw.

(informal, US, Canada, Australia) To experience good luck; to be fortunate or lucky.


ass-kisser

ass-kissers (plural)
ass kisser (alternative)

(Canada, US, slang, vulgar) Someone who kisses ass (who acts obsequiously in order to gain another's favor).


LCBO

Liquor Control Board of Ontario
w:Liquor Control Board of Ontario

(Canada, Ontario) Initialism of Liquor Control Board of Ontario.


LCBO

(Canada, Ontario) A liquor store operated by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario


screw-off

You know, when a guy is a screw-off you got to discipline him.

1997, Robert W. Snyder, Transit talk: New York's bus and subway workers tell their stories, page 137:

I've always considered that a polite way of telling a parent that her child is a screw-off, a goofball of major talent.

1988, Ann Edwards Cannon, Cal Cameron by day, Spider-man by night, page 98:

(Canada, US, slang) Someone who often fails to do his or her work; someone known to goof off.


curry favour

curry favour (third-person singular simple present curries favour, present participle currying favour, simple past and past participle curried favour)

curries favour (present singular third-person)
currying favour (participle present)
curried favour (participle past)
curried favour (past)

(British, Canada) Alternative spelling of curry favor.


play with a full deck

play with a full deck (third-person singular simple present plays with a full deck, present participle playing with a full deck, simple past and past participle played with a full deck)

plays with a full deck (present singular third-person)
playing with a full deck (participle present)
played with a full deck (participle past)
played with a full deck (past)

I think we all realize he's not playing with a full deck.

Someday our grandchildren will look up at us and say, "Where were you, Grandma, and what were you doing when you first realized that President Reagan was, er, not playing with a full deck?"

1987 April, Barbara Ehrenreich, “The Unfastened Head of State”, in Mother Jones, volume 12, number 3, page 10:

[E]very single person, who Grandma said were family members, appeared to be either mentally ill, retarded, or strung out on drugs. Grandma seemed to be playing with a full deck, but no one else was.

2009, Julie Lyons, chapter 1, in Holy Roller, →ISBN:

“My father’s favorite saying was, ‘Are you alright?’ and ‘Are you playing with a full deck?’” recalled Darren.

2014 June 4, Cary Shuman, “Former Chelsea High Football Standout and Pop Warner Coach Joe Leonard Dies at 84”, in Chelsea Record, US, retrieved 2015-10-14:

(idiomatic, chiefly US and Canada, of a person, chiefly in the negative) To behave in a manner suggesting that one is of normal intelligence, alert, and mentally stable.


S.O.L.

en-adj

S.O.L. (comparative more S.O.L., superlative most S.O.L.)

more S.O.L. (comparative)
most S.O.L. (superlative)
s.o.l. (alternative)

(Canada, US, vulgar slang) shit out of luck, meaning that luck has run out; an impasse has been reached (figuratively or literally)


striploin

en-noun

striploin (countable and uncountable, plural striploins)

striploins (plural)
strip loin (alternative)

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Johnny-one-note

Johnny-one-notes (plural)
Johnny one note (alternative)
Johnny one-note (alternative)
Johnny One-note (alternative)
Johnny One Note (alternative)

Babes in Arms
Johnny One Note
Rodgers and Hart

Derives from the show tune Johnny One Note, from the Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms (1937), in which the lyrics tell a story of a male vocalist named Johnny who sang with a band and could sing only one note, but sang that note extremely well.

(idiomatic, chiefly Canada, US) A person (or organization) who often expresses a strong opinion or viewpoint on a single subject or a few particular subjects.

Whether his boss (Hearst) had told him to get off his Johnny-one-note of hate toward labor leaders, foreigners and New Dealers, or whether Pegler had decided all by himself to change his tune, no one knew.

1945 July 9, “The Press: Confessions of a Grouch”, in Time, volume 46, number 1, archived from the original on 2013-08-06:

(idiomatic, chiefly Canada, US) An opinion or viewpoint on a single subject or a few particular subjects which is frequently expressed by a person or organization.


action stations

(military, British, Canada) The positions or activity assumed by the crew of a warship immediately in advance of combat or other hostile action; general quarters; also, the signal given to indicate such imminent action.


booter

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“Argghh, a booter,” Sally groaned when she sloshed across a puddle too wide to jump.

1997, Ian Wilson, Sally Wilson, Gold Rush: North to Alaska and the Klondike, page 106:

(Canada, slang) The experience of stepping in a deep puddle and having one's foot become completely engulfed in water.


CHL

(Canada, ice hockey) Initialism of Canadian Hockey League.


wapato

wapatos (plural)
wapatoes (plural)
wapatoo (alternative)
wappato (alternative)

(US, Canada) Broadleaf arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia), or its edible bulbous root.


pizza store

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(Canada, US) A restaurant specializing in pizza.


diddy

(Canada, US, childish, rare) Alternative form of didie (“a diaper”).


assfucker

(Canada, US, vulgar, slang) Synonym of top: the active partner in anal sex.

(Canada, US, vulgar, slang) A nasty, rude, mean, stupid or horrible person.


closing time

closing time (countable and uncountable, plural closing times)

Sometimes when you sit in a restaurant, still stuffing yourself half an hour after closing time, you feel that the tired waiter at your side must surely be despising you.

1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XIV, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC:

all the women tear their blouses off / and the men they dance on the polka-dots / and it's partner found, it's partner lost / and it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops: / it's closing time

1992, Leonard Cohen, “Closing Time”, in The Future:

(UK, Canada) The time when a public house or restaurant closes. Used to invite final drink orders.


seigneurie

seigneuries (plural)
seigneury (alternative)


asswad

MARIBEL: You can't cuss

2004, Catherine Trieschmann, crooked [play], Samuel French, 2009 American ed., p. 30

LANEY: I didn't cuss, I just said asswad.

In later seasons of DC [Dawson's Creek], it seemed like the writers finally caught on to what we'd known all along: Dawson is an asswad […]

2006, Tara Ariano, Sarah D. Bunting, Television Without Pity: 752 Things We Love to Hate (and Hate to Love) about TV, Quirk Books, →ISBN, page 73:

“Everyone's a stupid little shitbag when they're kids.” “Really?” “Uh-huh, and if you're not a sitbag, well, then you're a cumstain.” “Or an asswad.” “That's right.”

2024 August 12, Grace Parra Janney, “The Educational Sprinkler Device” (17:07 from the start), in Solar Opposites, season 5, episode 4, spoken by Jesse (Mary Mack):

(Canada, US, slang, mildly vulgar, derogatory or offensive) An obnoxious person; a jerk.


driveaway

driveaway (countable and uncountable, plural driveaways)

(US, Canada) A variation of car rental in which the driver contracts to deliver the vehicle to a specified location.


tire bead

(Canada, US) the edge of a tire that sits in a groove in the rim.


tippy

en-adj

tippy (comparative tippier, superlative tippiest)

tippier (comparative)
tippiest (superlative)

(Canada, US) Tending to tip or tilt over; unstable.


wine gum

(UK, Canada, New Zealand) a chewy, pastille-like jelly candy, usually brightly coloured and fruit flavoured.


emerg

These EMS people, who should just walk into the emerg, drop their patient off, and then leave, are frozen in the emerg for a long period of time, because there aren't enough resources there.

2009 January 17, Daniel Dale, “Ambulance waits get longer”, in Toronto Star::

“Rather than going to emerg and getting admitted and having the condition over a period of time, we understand that the event happened fairly quickly.

2009 May 26, Theresa Boyle, Tanya Talaga, “Swine flu Factor Probed in death”, in Toronto Star::

“What we've seen in the last few days is a number of cases that have come to emerg departments.

2009 October 1, Theresa Boyle, “Second swine-flu wave hits Toronto, southern Ontario”, in Toronto Star::

(Canada, slang, medicine) The emergency department of a hospital.


multicult

multicult (comparative more multicult, superlative most multicult)

more multicult (comparative)
most multicult (superlative)


suck ass

en-verb

suck ass (third-person singular simple present sucks ass, present participle sucking ass, simple past and past participle sucked ass)

sucks ass (present singular third-person)
sucking ass (participle present)
sucked ass (participle past)
sucked ass (past)
suck arse (alternative)

(Canada, US, stative, vulgar, slang) To be terrible; be of extremely poor quality.


Five Nations

Iroquois Confederacy
Iroquois Confederacy

(Canada, US) Ellipsis of Iroquois Confederacy of Five Nations (“the original the Iroquois Confederacy; the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca”).


Six Nations

(Canada, US) Ellipsis of Iroquois Confederacy of Six Nations (“the Five Nations adding the Tuscarora to make Six in the Iroquois Confederacy”).

Iroquois Confederacy of Six Nations

Six Nations of the Grand River
Six Nations of the Grand River#English

(Canada) Ellipsis of Six Nations of the Grand River.


na-na na-na boo-boo

/ˈnæːnəˌnæːnə ˈbuːˌbuː/

Apparently from the longer childish playground taunt sung to a tune particular to the taunt:
: I'm better than you,
: na-na, na-na, boo-boo,
: stick your head in doo-doo.
Na-na and boo-boo may be imitations of sounds a baby or young toddler might make.
Boo-boo may also indicate boo-boo, a minor injury which leaves a mark on a child such as a scraped knee.

na na na na boo boo (alternative)
nanny nanny boo boo (alternative)
na-na na-na na-na (alternative)
na na na na na na (alternative)
nanny nanny moo moo (alternative)
neener (alternative)

... is that the educators out there aren't aware of this, they don't know it or what?
Ms. Bolinger. It's like na na na na boo boo, make me do it.
[Laughter.] ...

1992, Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, Oversight on the status of special education in Iowa: hearing before the Subcommittee on Disability Policy of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, examining the major issues facing students, parents, teachers, related ..., Alternate ISBN: →ISBN, →ISBN, page 82:

[Translator's note by David R. Slavitt] ...here is to make clear that this is a display of Schadenfreude, an elegant cocking of the snooks, a protracted "Na-na, na-na, boo-boo," a symphonic Bronx cheer!

1998, Aeschylus, edited by David R. Slavitt and Palmar Bovie, Aeschylus, 2: The Persians. Seven against Thebes. The Suppliants. Prometheus bound, Alternate ISBN: →ISBN, →ISBN, page 5:

(Canada, US, idiomatic, colloquial, childish, derogatory, taunt, often humorous) A taunt or putdown, typically used to indicate that the speaker believes he or she has beaten the listener in a competition or is better in some other way or in a general sense; or an expression of satisfaction that the listener has received some supposedly deserved minor punishment or misfortune (that is to say, schadenfreude).


two-spirited

en-adj

two-spirited (comparative more two-spirited, superlative most two-spirited)

more two-spirited (comparative)
most two-spirited (superlative)

An organization established this year in San Diego is one of the few in the country made up of Two Spirited people (a Native term for gay men and lesbians), according to one of its founders, Tom Lidot. […] One of the group's goals is "to re-establish the pride and the role that Two Spirited people held" in Native culture, said Lidot, who is a member of the Tlingit nation.

1990 December 22 – 1991 January 4, Dawn Schmitz, “New Two spirited Group Formed”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 23, Boston, Mass.: GCN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 1:

(chiefly Canada, US) Synonym of two-spirit (“of, pertaining to, or being a two-spirit (noun sense)”).


candy corn

en-noun

candy corn (usually uncountable, plural candy corns)

(US, Canada) A confection of sugar and corn syrup or honey, supposed to resemble a kernel of maize.


honour system

(British, Canada) Alternative spelling of honor system.


MHA

House of Assembly
House of Assembly#English

(Australia, Canada) Initialism of member of the House of Assembly.


assless

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(Canada, US, vulgar) devoid of sexual intercourse

assless chaps

(Canada, US, of trousers or chaps) uncovered at the rear


ride someone's ass

en-verb

ride someone's ass (third-person singular simple present rides someone's ass, present participle riding someone's ass, simple past rode someone's ass, past participle ridden someone's ass)

rides someone's ass (present singular third-person)
riding someone's ass (participle present)
rode someone's ass (past)
ridden someone's ass (participle past)

If he doesn't quit riding my ass, I'm gonna punch him right in his face.

(Canada, US, slang, vulgar) To find fault with someone, to constantly criticise.


man ho

I dont like man hoes.

2006 June 22, Broken heart, “Re: I can't do this anymore”, in alt.suicide.methods (Usenet):

“He’s kind of a man ho,” she says, confirming my suspicions. […] ¶ “How many girls has he slept with?”

2007, Jo Edwards, Go Figure, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 91:

How about, all you care about are man hos that plow, plant, reject and abandon that which they have helped create by encouraging women to murder the babies?

2007 May 6, "willow" (username), "Re: Why isn't J Young used as a 'test rodent' for untested chemicals", in alt.abortion and other newsgroups, Usenet

Aphrodite snorted. “I bet it was him feeling the list, not them. No one wants a guy who’s a man ho, no matter how hot he is.”

2008, P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast, Untamed: A House of Night Novel, St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 215:

“Man, you crazy,” said Mikel. “ […] You just a straight up man ho, yo. You can’t be a playa for ever though.”

2010, Clifton G. Pickard, Jr., Stronger Than Gravity, Dorrance Publishing, page 223


lifeway

From Middle English *lif-wei (attested as lifes wege, lives wegas), from Old English līfweġ. By surface analysis, life + way.

And as under colonialism, in most cases ‘traditional’ values and lifeways were treated as a barrier to economic growth and social progress, and were often purposefully eradicated.

2017, Jason Hickel, “Neoliberalism Comes Home”, in The Divide […] , London: William Heinemann, →ISBN:

(now chiefly Canada, US) One's path through life; a lifestyle or behaviour, now especially when seen as traditional.


Broad Street Bullies

From the location of home ice, the hockey rink "The Spectrum" on Broad Street, and their style of play, reminiscent of bullying.

(ice hockey, Canada, US, dated) nickname of the Philadelphia Flyers of the 1970s era


Battle of Alberta

(ice hockey, Canada) the competition between the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames teams of the NHL


Triple Crown

(horse racing, Canada) The three greatest thoroughbred races of the year restricted to three-year-olds: the Queen's Plate, Prince of Wales Stakes, and Breeders' Stakes


it figures

figures (alternative)
that figures (alternative)

(idiomatic, Canada, US) Used to indicate that a preceding event or statement by another is an unsurprising accompaniment of known facts and circumstances.


trash drawer

[On a checklist of things to have in the kitchen:] Pull-out cabinet trash drawer

2008, Susan Lang, Designing Your Dream Home: Every Question to Ask, Every Detail to Consider, page 182:

Another very useful kitchen feature is a trash drawer. This is a tall drawer that can house a large trash container.

1999, Jeanne Jones, Jeanne Jones' Healthy Cooking: For People Who Don't Have Time To Cook, page 7:

A pull-out trash drawer gives you a place to hide kitchen waste and recyclables.

1996, James A. Hufnagel, Kathie Robitz, Barbara Sabella, Kitchens: design, remodel, build, page 28:

And a big trash drawer down below for wastebasket loads.

1981, House and Garden, Vol. 153, Issues 1-6, p. 44

(Canada, US) A tall drawer, usually found in a kitchen, in which a garbage can or garbage bag can be placed, for the collection and disposal of trash.


RPP

(aviation, Canada) Initialism of recreational pilot permit.

(Canada) Initialism of registered pension plan.


Centre of the Universe

The announcer finished the report with, “All is well in the Centre of the Universe; the Toronto Maple Leafs won a hockey game last night.” I loved it. That sentiment will keep Canada together long after the politicians have finished[…]

2004, Barry D. Stewart, Across the Land --a Canadian Journey of Discovery, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 96:

Back in the centre of the universe – Toronto, the 'vortex' of all known Canadian culture, most of the gigs were self-promoted, presented in the unused basement room of a hotel or the back room of a hip café.

2011, William (Bill) E. Smith, Bill Smith, Rant & Dawdle: The Fictional Memoir of Colston Willmott, Charivari Press, →ISBN, page 285:

No one is credited with coming up with the definitive jab at Toronto—the Centre of the Universe—and thus some sharp wit squandered a million-dollar trademark opportunity.

2017 October 31, Gare Joyce, Young Leafs: The Making of a New Hockey History, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 67:

(slang, Canada, derogatory) Derogatory name for Toronto: the capital and largest city of Ontario, Canada.


skunk cabbage

From skunk + cabbage, from the strong odor produced when the leaves are broken or torn.

It was May before the skunk cabbage began to push up through the ooze of the swamps, before the rhubarb reddened to the back corner of the garden and the spring peepers finally emerged and began abrading the edges of the night with their lovesick vibrato.

1993, TC Boyle, The Road to Wellville, Penguin, published 1994, page 297:

Symplocarpus foetidus
Symplocarpus foetidus#Translingual

(Canada, US) Any of several leafy, foul-smelling plants, especially Symplocarpus foetidus, a low-growing plant native to the wetlands of eastern North America, but also denoting Lysichiton americanus and Lysichiton camtschatcense.

uk'uk'

any of several leafy, foul-smelling plants


military time

Tip: If you're frustrated that the Mac is showing you the 24-hour “military time” on your menu bar (that is, 17:30 instead of 5:30 p.m.)—or that it isn't showing military time when you'd like it to—click the Clock tab and turn “Use a 24-hour clock” on or off.

2009, David Pogue, Mac OS X Snow Leopard (The Missing Manual), O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 320:


fiddlefuck

fiddlefuck (third-person singular simple present fiddlefucks, present participle fiddlefucking, simple past and past participle fiddlefucked)

fiddlefucks (present singular third-person)
fiddlefucking (participle present)
fiddlefucked (participle past)
fiddlefucked (past)
fiddle fuck (alternative)

(US, Canada, vulgar slang) To waste time.


shit just got real

From the movie Bad Boys II (2003), where it was spoken by Martin Lawrence.

(Canada, US, slang, vulgar) The situation suddenly became much more dangerous or serious.


animal fries

Thousand Island dressing
Thousand Island dressing

(chiefly Canada, US) French fries that are served with melted cheese, grilled onions, and Thousand Island dressing or special sauce instead of ketchup.


pattypan

pattypans (plural)
pattipan (alternative)

(chiefly Canada, US) A small variety of squash with a scalloped rim and creamy white flesh; a pattypan squash.


green labelling

(British, Canada spelling) Any of various labelling systems intended to help customers make informed choices concerning the environmental consequences of the manufacture, use and disposal of a product.


chickaree

Onomatopoeia from its cry; compare chickadee.

We heard the sound of the chickaree

1864, Henry David Thoreau, The Maine Woods:

(Canada, US) A small squirrel, one of the species of Tamiasciurus, that lives in evergreen forests of North America.


ass-rape

en-noun

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

ass-rapes (plural)
assrape (alternative)
ass rape (alternative)

(Canada, US, slang, vulgar) The act of forcing anal sex upon another person.


ass-rape

en-verb

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

ass-rapes (present singular third-person)
ass-raping (participle present)
ass-raped (participle past)
ass-raped (past)
assrape (alternative)
ass rape (alternative)

(Canada, US, slang, vulgar) To force anal sex upon another person.

(Canada, US, slang, vulgar) To dominate in a contest.


klootchman

en-noun

klootchman (plural klootchmans or klootchmen)

klootchmans (plural)
klootchmen (plural)

Borrowed from Chinook Jargon, from Nootka, see below.

(US, Canada, western dialects) Woman, wife (especially if Native American).


suffonsify

en-verb

suffonsify (third-person singular simple present suffonsifies, present participle suffonsifying, simple past and past participle suffonsified)

suffonsifies (present singular third-person)
suffonsifying (participle present)
suffonsified (participle past)
suffonsified (past)
sophonsify (alternative)

Possibly a blend of sufficient + fancified or satisfied.http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-suf1.htm

Toward the end of a dinner of prime roast beef, baked potato, salad, apple pie, and coffee, Sam Barlow would ask, "Well, young man, do you think you have had sufficient to suffonsify?"

1953, Carl Sandburg, Always The Young Strangers, Harcourt Brace, →ISBN, page 243:

(Canada, informal, uncommon) To satisfy or satiate, particularly the appetite.


sophonsify

sophonsify (third-person singular simple present sophonsifies, present participle sophonsifying, simple past and past participle sophonsified)

sophonsifies (present singular third-person)
sophonsifying (participle present)
sophonsified (participle past)
sophonsified (past)

(Canada, informal, uncommon) Alternative spelling of suffonsify.


storeyed

(Canada, UK, Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of storied (“US spelling”) (having the stated number of storeys (building levels)).


lightwood

(Canada, US) Any wood used to light a fire; kindlings; especially, very resinous pine wood.


tomoz

From tomorrow + -z. Compare appaz (“apparently”), soz (“sorry”).

(UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Clipping of tomorrow.


coner

Cameroon Pidgin: coner

When I lit my spliff
Just met my cat with the fattest coner

Just wanna go home and smoke coners

2023 June 3, Wee Joe, “Fun & Games”, 1:17–1:18:

(slang, Canada, Ireland) A marijuana cigarette tapered to a conical shape.


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.


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


canola oil

en-noun

canola oil (countable and uncountable, plural canola oils)

(US, Canada, Australia) vegetable oil pressed from canola seeds, used in cooking or as basis for biodiesel.


awesome sauce

awesome sauce (usually uncountable, plural awesome sauces)

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

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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.


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.


Question Period

en-noun

Question Period (plural Question Periods)

Question Periods (plural)
question period (alternative)

Two Progressive Conservatives asked Mr Winters during the Commons question period what is being done about Parliament's electric clocks and the library of Parliament.

1955 January 24, “Parliament's Clock, Library Questioned”, in Ottawa Citizen, Canada, retrieved 2010-10-02, page 6:

Opposition members blasted the Tory budget during Question Period on Wednesday, charging that it raises income taxes on the poorest Canadians.

2006 May 3, “‘Neo-Conservative budget’ raises taxes on poor: Liberals”, in CBC.ca, Canada, retrieved 2010-10-02:

(Canada, politics, government) In the federal and provincial parliaments, a period of regularly scheduled time in the lower chamber during which members of the official opposition party and other members may direct questions to the prime minister and to cabinet ministers concerning affairs of state.


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)

From ass (“arse, asshole”) + -y. Compare German arschig.

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

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(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)

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(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)

(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

didies (plural)
diddy (alternative)
didy (alternative)
didee (alternative)

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.


fire service

fire service (countable and uncountable, plural fire services)

πυροσβεστικό σώμα

fire department, firefithting organiztion


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)

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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”).

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Salvelinus namaycush
Salvelinus namaycush#Translingual

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