Entries in the Category Canada
Associated with or special to Canada or Canadian people, places, or things. You can also see citations assigned to this category.
Associated with or special to Canada or Canadian people, places, or things. You can also see citations assigned to this category.(1/1 pages)
angryphone n. a person who feels marginalized as a member of Québec’s English-speaking minority. (posted Apr. 16, 2007) [full entry…]
bed-blocker n. a patient who will not or cannot be moved to another medical facility, either due to a shortage of beds or because of the patient’s refusal. (posted May. 11, 2004) [full entry…]
Canadian Ballet n. exotic dancing; a strip club; collectively, strip clubs in Canada. (posted Jan. 28, 2005) [full entry…]
circus parking n. the arrangement of trucks, trailers, and other vehicles on location at a film shoot. (posted Mar. 30, 2007) [full entry…]
flying fox n. a hand-grip or riding car suspended by pulley from a cable along which one can roll above the ground; a zip line. (posted Jun. 6, 2004) [full entry…]
gate v. to arrest (for the same crime) a prisoner just released under parole; to hold a prisoner beyond the period when parole would ordinarily be permitted. (posted Feb. 16, 2005) [full entry…]
go north with the club v. in baseball, to join a major league team (from a farm team or the minor leagues). (posted Nov. 24, 2004) [full entry…]
gonch n. underpants or panties; chones. (posted Sep. 27, 2006) [full entry…]
goon v. to act like a goon; to attack (someone) with undue or unprovoked violence. (posted Aug. 5, 2004) [full entry…]
soft-seater n. an upscale theater-like performing space with a capacity larger than a nightclub and smaller than an arena; (hence) especially attributively, entertainment or a performing space seen as appropriate for a restrained or sophisticated audience. (posted Oct. 21, 2005) [full entry…]
stagette n. an unmarried or unbetrothed woman; any woman or girl unaccompanied by a man, especially when socialiazing as part of a group of women or girls; (hence) especially in Canada, a pre-wedding party given for a bride; a bachelorette party. (posted Jul. 7, 2004) [full entry…]
starlight tour n. the forcible transfer by police of a person to a remote area for release. (posted Jan. 20, 2006) [full entry…]
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