Strange slang of your country

[PigsnieLite]

Stick your spoon in the wall = Death!
Parsons's Mousetrap = Marriage!
Bacon-brained = Stupid!
A Long Meg = A tall woman!

[B0B]

Originally Posted by Tazzx1

BOB, is it bad to call someone a canuck? (sp)

Not as far as I know. It's more of just a nickname. I mean hell, Vancouver's hockey team is named The Canucks.

Come to think of it I can't think of any harsh derogatory terms towards Canadians in general. THere are the derogatory stereotypes like "Eh" and "Aboot" but I can play into those for fun.

Anyways, a lot of the slang I know comes from product names becoming synonymous with what they're selling. Such as:

Kraft Dinner or "KD" - Macaroni and Cheese.
Pogo - Corndog
Timbits - Mini doughnuts

For some reason the only ones I can thing of have to do with food.

[jonnyhiboy!]

Pissed/blocked/hammered all mean someone who is drunk.

[Tazzx1]

Originally Posted by B0B

Not as far as I know. It's more of just a nickname. I mean hell, Vancouver's hockey team is named The Canucks.

Cool

[wayno007]

Originally Posted by B0B

Come to think of it I can't think of any harsh derogatory terms towards Canadians in general. THere are the derogatory stereotypes like "Eh" and "Aboot" but I can play into those for fun.

I wasn't aware that 'Eh' was considered derogatory. Years back I would banter with a few of my coworkers from the Great White North in our 'best' Bob and Doug impersonations.

[MadMac]

I see Tazz already hit Y'all.

How about J'eat - Did you eat yet?

[Hart]

Originally Posted by Tazzx1

Hum not sure ... I think mine are pretty well known ...

Fixin to - gettin ready to do summin
Ya'll - meaning everyone
Hankering – yearnin for summin
Hoecake- small cake made from cornmeal – umm umm good
Reckon – think
Yonder – indication more or less of where summin is
thick - not very smart

Originally Posted by MadMac

I see Tazz already hit Y'all.

How about J'eat - Did you eat yet?

I'm not sure if these are actually slang. Ya'll and J'eat are just contractions I hear even in the UK. Reckon, yonder, hankering and thick are all common words (yonder is a bit archaic however).

[Tazzx1]

Originally Posted by Hart

I'm not sure if these are actually slang. Ya'll and J'eat are just contractions I hear even in the UK. Reckon, yonder, hankering and thick are all common words (yonder is a bit archaic however).

My bad, I thought those were considered slang words … folks make fun of me all the time cuz I use those words all the time … but its mostly the ones that aint from round here, they are yankees.

[PigsnieLite]

Yondur is my mac & cheez. :

[jonnyhiboy!]

Originally Posted by wayno007

I wasn't aware that 'Eh' was considered derogatory. Years back I would banter with a few of my coworkers from the Great White North in our 'best' Bob and Doug impersonations.

Eh would be considered derogatory if you used it to look down on people aka something i would never do!