Canada Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Associated with or special to Canada or Canadian people, places, or things. You can also see citations assigned to this category.

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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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