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canuck::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | french canadian |
Examples of canuck
canuck
Canuck programming exec Jake Labow has joined Brillstein Entertainment Partners as a manager.
From the latimes.com
- Informal term for Canadians in general and French Canadians in particular
- "Canook" is a slang term for Canadians. Its origins are ambiguous and its usage varies from affectionate to derogatory.
- The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). ...
- (Canuckistan) Derisive name for Canada, reflecting its anti-American sentiment. Coined by Pat Buchanan on October 31, 2002.
- (CANUCKS) Canadians (Think U.S.2 speed limit is 80MPH)
- (when not said by Canadians) can be derogatory. They apply the term to themselves and each other as a term of endearment. But you shouldn't use the term unless you are Canadian.
- The term Canuck is first recorded about 1835 as an Americanism, originally referring specifically to a French Canadian. Today, Canuck now refers to any Canadian. And, of course, the Vancouver NHL hockey team.
- Canadian. Often used in the US as well, sometimes derogatorily. Originally used to mean French-Canadians only, and archaic pron. can-OOK (which Americans often use, and which also can still be used in a humorous or mocking sense). Also the name for a player on the Vancouver NHL team. ...
- Slang term for Canadian. Although not considered offensive (even by Canadians themselves, who often call themselves Canucks), Webster's Dictionary has defined the term Canuck as sometimes offensive slang^[37], though the opposite is more likely. ...
