Canadian culture is more unique than you might think. In fact, drop any of these terms while visiting our neighbours to the south and expect to be greeted with a blank stare or two.

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Double-Double
A coffee with two milk and two sugar. Often ordered at Tim Hortons.

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Soaker/Booter
When water penetrates your poor unsuspecting shoes.

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Loonie/Toonie
The perfectly reasonable-sounding names of our one and two-dollar coins.

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Give’r!
To really, truly go for it.

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Thongs
No, we're not talking g-strings. Thongs are the casual style of footwear depicted here.
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Booze can
An after-hours bar. They're typically illegal, so shhhhh!

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Rotten Ronnie’s/McD*cks
Terms of 'endearment' for McDonald's.

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Snowbird
A Canadian who travels south for the winter. Usually to tacky parts of Florida.

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Head’r
To leave. "The meatloaf was superb, mom, but we've gotta head'r."

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Molson Muscle
A beer belly.
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Pogey
Being on some form of social assistance, especially EI.

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Deke
To physically outmaneuver an opponent. Typically in hockey.

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Kerfuffle
A scuffle or commotion, typically resulting from conflicting views.

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Chesterfield
A couch or sofa.
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Two-four
A case of 24 beers. Cans or bottles: your choice!

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Humidex
Measurement used to gauge the combined effect of heat and humidity.
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Processed cheese
American Cheese. Make your own joke here.
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Chocolate Bar
Americans call it a candy bar, which seems weird. To us, gummy worms are candy, ya know?
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Gitch/Gotch
A very classy term for men's underwear.

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Mickey
A 13-ounce (give or take) bottle of hard alcohol.

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Runners
Any kind of athletic footwear like sneakers or trainers.
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Garburator
A garbage disposal unit found beneath a kitchen sink.

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Eavestroughs
Rain gutters. Our term sounds way cooler, no?

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Washroom
Americans call it the 'men's room' or 'ladies' room.'
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Knapsack
A backpack or a bookbag.
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The letter Z
Americans pronounce it 'zee.' Canadians pronounce it 'zed,' much to the detriment of the 'Alphabet Song.'

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Stag
A bachelor party. The female equivalent: stagette.

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Toque
A knit hat. Worn by everyone in winter and by hipsters over the summer.
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