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Sunday, August 14, 2022

Canadian Slang Quiz

Canadian Slang Quiz

Can you guess the correct definition of the following terms? Answers are below.


1. Bunny hug

A: Chocolate Easter egg

B: Fuzzy slippers

C: Hooded sweatshirt


2. Miskeen

A: Petty thief

B: Patchwork quilt

C: Pathetic


3. Dep

A: Corner store

B: Mason jar

C: Certainly


4. Nuisance grounds

A: Garbage dump

B: Schoolyard

C: Legion branch


5. Skoden

A: Snowmobile tracks

B: Let’s go, then

C: Family picnic


6. Jambuster

A: Jam-filled doughnut

B: Kitchen party

C: Tugboat sent to break up logjams


7. Scribbler

A: Notebook

B: Leaky boat engine

C: Defensive hockey player


8. Huck

A: Eat quickly

B: Hitchhike

C: Throw


9. Donnybrook

A: Brawl

B: Good-looking boy

C: Swimming hole


10. Skookum

A: In the sky

B: Strong or brave

C: Grandmother


11. Windrows

A: Hedges planted to shelter crops

B: Depressed mood

C: Snow left blocking a driveway after a snowplow passes


12. Mamaqtuq

A: Delicious

B: Town gossip

C: Beautiful morning


13. Guichet

A: Tacky

B: Bank machine

C: Cotton undershirt


14. Ahlie

A: Skateboard trick

B: Am I right?

C: Go away!


15. Right good

A: Excellent

B: Poor quality

C: Lucky thrift-store find


Canadian Flag

1. Answer: C—Hooded sweatshirt (Saskatchewan)


2. Answer: C—Pathetic (Ontario, from Arabic)


3. Answer: A—Corner store (Quebec, from French)


4. Answer: A—Garbage dump (West)


5. Answer: B—Let’s go, then (multiple First Nations)


6. Answer: A—Jam-filled doughnut


7. Answer: A—Notebook (mainly the Maritimes)


8. Answer: C—Throw (West)


9. Answer: A—Brawl (hockey commentary)


10. Answer: B—Strong or brave (West)


11. Answer: C—Snow left blocking a driveway after a snowplow passes (mainly the Prairies)


12. Answer: A—Delicious (North, Inuktitut)


13. Answer: B—Bank machine (Quebec, from French)


14. Answer: B—Am I right? (Ontario, from Jamaican patois)


15. Answer: A—Excellent (Atlantic)

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