About This Quiz
Do you consider yourself a fan of slang terms? We know they're a lot of fun, but it can be difficult to identify the different slang terms that people in various countries use to refer to everyday things. Take this How Stuff Works quiz to find out how well you really know Canadian slang! Do you know these Canadian slang terms as well as you think you do?
If you know anything about Canadian slang, you already know that Canadians are sometimes called Canucks. Although we're not quite sure where the term actually originated, it seems that the earliest recorded use of the word is actually American. The term Kanuck was used by Americans in the early 1800s to refer to someone who was a Dutch Canadian or French Canadian. Since then, the "K" has been changed to a "C," and the term has been adopted by Canadians themselves to refer, collectively and affectionately, to anyone from Canada. The term is so widely used in Canada that the Vancouver, British Columbia ice hockey team of the National Hockey League is called the Canucks.
So, do you think you know enough about Canadian slang to pass this quiz? Let's get started to find out.
People from Canada are sometimes called Canucks. The term was originally "Kanuck," which was used to refer to French Canadians.
Some Canadians call Kraft Mac n Cheese "KD." This is short for Kraft Dinner, which may be used to refer to any Kraft dinner product.
If you were Canadian, you might call a bottle of liquor a mickey. The term specifically applies to a a 375 mL bottle.
Advertisement
Canadians use the word "whitener" to refer to coffee creamer. Well, it certainly does whiten the beverage.
In Canada, Canadian bacon is called backbacon. Well, you didn't expect them to call it Canadian bacon, did you?
Canadians write a test. So do people from many other countries.
Advertisement
In Canada, cheese puffs are called cheezies. The term is used to refer to all brands of this snack.
A coffee with two creams and two sugars might be called a double double in Canada. The term is part of the Tim Horton's menu.
Poutine is a dish made of french fries topped with cheese curd and gravy. The dish originated on Quebec.
Advertisement
In Canada, tennis shoes are called runners. This term is used widely in Western Canada.
Here in the U.S., we ask for the check after dinner in a restaurant. People in Canada would ask for the bill.
In Canada, a substitute teacher is a supply teacher. This term is also used in England.
Advertisement
Canadians refer to whole wheat bread as brown bread. We guess that makes sense.
A "keener" is someone who sucks up to authority. In the U.S., we would call such a person a brown noser.
In Canada, a rubber band is called an elastic. This is also the case in other countries.
Advertisement
The term "clicks" is used to refer to kilometers. The term may also be used to refer to speed, or kph.
In Canada, a colored pencil is called a pencil crayon. Of course, they also spell "colored" "coloured."
In Canada a bathrobe is called a housecoat. Well, it is a coat worn in the house.
Advertisement
In Canada, a case of beer is called a two four. In Western Canada, it might be called a flat.
In Canada, a faucet is called a tap. This term is used in other countries as well.
In Canada, a paper napkin is called a serviette. It is also called a serviette in the U.K. and Ireland.
Advertisement
In Canada, a can is called a tin. This term is also used in the U.K.
Fancy cookies in Canada are called dainties. The term might also be used to refer to fancy pastries.
Canadians call the letter Z "zed." So does much of the rest of the world.
Advertisement
In Canada, a couch might be called a chesterfield. However, more and more people are calling them couches or sofas.
A hoser in Canada is someone who is not sophisticated. The term "hosehead" may also be used.
This makes total sense to us. After all, a rain gutter is a trough on the eaves of a house.
Advertisement
Electricity is called "hydro" in Canada. Some countries use the term hydro to refer to electricity because it is water-derived.
A pot belly in Canada is called a Molson muscle. Molson refers to the brewery based in Canada.
In Canada, a garbage disposal is a garburator. It rhymes with carburetor.
Advertisement
In Canada, cereal is called shreddies. In the U.S., these look like Chex.
A sweatshirt in Canada might be called a bunnyhug. This term is used widely in Saskatchewan.
In Canada, young people might call a cigarette a "dart." By young people, we mean adolescents.
Advertisement
In Canada, Smarties are sold as Rockets. Smarties are something completely different in the U.K.