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Bush party

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

N/A

ExampleMeaning
Um yeah we were walking back form a bush party and cops stopped us. I don't really remember much of it, but she got arrested, put in the car, like I don't remember this part at all. Like she told me 'cause she was watching from the car- the car.
An outdoor party, in the woods or other wildish area
Well I mean, what's the day today? Wednesday? And I'm hungover. (laughs) Like um yeah. I've been like carried out of like bush parties and...
An outdoor party, in the woods or other wildish area
Um well I mean- it was- we were really drunk. I was walking back from a bush party with s-- ah my friend Sandra and ah...
An outdoor party, in the woods or other wildish area

Buzz off

Parf of speech: Verb, OED Year: 1914, OED Evaluation: Slang

To go (quickly). to buzz off : to go off or away quickly.

ExampleMeaning
It's ah- (talking to dog) will you buzz-off? Go away.
Leave

Chap

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1716, OED Evaluation: Colloquial

‘Customer’, fellow, lad.

ExampleMeaning
So the guys said ah "You got a wheel-barrel, I'll wheel you over." And so, we did. And ah (laughs) we got ah over there and they- the other chap wasn't too happy about us being there. So we left and we come home.
Man or boy
ExampleMeaning
He's not ah- I know for a f-- ah the- the chap that does the McDonalds here, he's the manager of ah three of them. He's a good friend of mine and ah he- he- he's doing quite well as a manager…
Man or boy
Well, ah the (laughs)- this one time ah- well there was- it was funny it- it- it- it- it was kind of you-know- we had a- a chap that ah used to do maintenance in the m-- in the mall.
Man or boy

Cheapy-jobby

Parf of speech: Adjective, OED Year: 1898, OED Evaluation: Slang

(Without jobby) Something cheap (senses 1a, 4a and 5a); a thing of little value or of poor quality. spec. a film, book, etc., produced on a low budget.

ExampleMeaning
And um then from there- we belong to the Mineral-(inc)-Club there for a long time and they have all the machinery where you can take a piece of mineral and ah cut it, grind it down ah polish it and then you could put it in to something- now these- the- no, this one is this is just cheapy-jobby, this one here.
Of poor quality; cheaply made.

Chill

Parf of speech: Adjective, OED Year: 1983, OED Evaluation: N. Amer. slang.

Free from anxiety or stress; relaxed, calm; easy-going, laid-back. Also as a general term of approval: excellent, admirable, ‘cool’.

ExampleMeaning
I like the like laid-backness I-guess, I don't think that's a word but like of North-Bay like I like that it's like- it's just chill.
Free from anxiety or stress; relaxed, calm; easy-going, laid-back. Also as a general term of approval: excellent, admirable, ‘cool’.

Civic Holiday

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

N/A

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Yeah. Um then this year, there's the Legion-bingo. And my friends talking about the Civic-holiday thing. Interviewer: Civic-holiday? Speaker: Yeah, there's a barbeque or-something they do on civ-- on the Civic-holiday. I believe it's at Castle-Home. Ah, he's been doing that now for- well this'll be his third year.
A public holiday celebrated in most of Canada on the first Monday of August.
Speaker: I had sixteen plus the eight from the- from the ride. Then I have- Interviewer: The five I'm giving you. Speaker: Eight and a half plus the five I'm getting from you. Interviewer: Yeah, you'll be at forty won't you? Speaker: Yeah. Especially with the Civic-holiday thing. I should be over. Interviewer: Yeah, you should go for more though.
A public holiday celebrated in most of Canada on the first Monday of August.

coon

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1742, OED Evaluation: Chiefly U.S.

The raccoon (Procyon lotor), a carnivorous animal of North America.

ExampleMeaning
Three day camp-out. And we had a fella, he had a cooler, all his meat in it for three days and we told him "Put it in your trailer at night". We said "The 'coons are going to get into it". "No, no, no, that won't happen. They can't get into this, this is a special walking cooler" and blah-blah-blah. Okay, a big man, good friend of mine. Well, two-three-o'clock in the morning he hears this ruckus ...
Racoon.

Core French

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

N/A

ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Um, and do you speak any French. Speaker: No, not anything beyond you-know high-school French, ah well, yeah high-school primarily yeah. Little bit of elementary I think you-know um core French was brand new when I was in elementary-school it's came in when I was already part way through, so what you would remember as always being there right those French classes in oh I'm assuming you went to an English school sorry.
The teaching of the French language as an object of study, as opposed to the medium of instruction (as in a French immersion or Extended French program).

corn-roast

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1899, OED Evaluation: N. Amer.

A party at which green maize is roasted and eaten.

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: But the club was ideal because there was not- nobody around. It was all family and ah there's no hydro or anything out there but ah it's still good. We had ah- we had a corn roast and- Interviewer: Oh I- it took me a second. I was like a corn roast? What is- but I know what one is (inc). Speaker: Yeah, oh yeah we had a big corn roast for everybody and-
A party at which green maize is roasted and eaten.
I thought we- I'm pretty sure we had a potluck one night. We had a corn roast. But um it was ah- it went good. The only thing we had to do is like- whatever it cost me- like it cost me probably about nine-hundred bucks I guess to get everything.
A party at which green maize is roasted and eaten.

Cripes

Parf of speech: Exclamation, OED Year: 1910, OED Evaluation: NA

Vulgar perversion of Christ n. in the exclamation (by) cripes!

ExampleMeaning
Oh cripes. Hard on the feet, I don't know how people can stand.
Vulgar perversion of Christ n. in the exclamation (by) cripes!
But dad was very shy, I can remember when the kids were- (inc) were small and they only had one washroom in the house and if dad was in the bathtub, the kids used- and they had to go to the bathroom, the kids would have to wait until my dad got out of the bathroom and fully dressed before they were allowed to go. Well I mean cripes.
Vulgar perversion of Christ n. in the exclamation (by) cripes!

dandy - 1

Parf of speech: Adjective, OED Year: 1794, OED Evaluation: orig. U.S.

Fine, splendid, first-rate. colloq.

ExampleMeaning
... get involved with the legion in- in some capacity either with ah- ah the different events that we have ah in legion. Ah we have ah an executive that they- they can join. Like not just join for the- the privileges you have for legion, which is- it's fine and dandy ah but I think if you're going to join legion you should part-- participate as a member and- and- and enjoy it.
Fine, splendid, first-rate.

Doozy

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1916, OED Evaluation: Originally and chiefly North American.

Something remarkable, amazing, or unbelievable.

ExampleMeaning
Um my second daughter, boy she was a doozy, lie with a straight face. (whispers) Oh my God, she was bad.
Something remarkable, amazing, or unbelievable.

Dressed to the nines

Parf of speech: Adjective, OED Year: 1837, OED Evaluation: NA

to perfection, to the highest degree or point. In later use chiefly in dressed (up) to the nines : dressed very elaborately or smartly.

ExampleMeaning
Like I mean I was the kid who was dressed to the nines on like colour-cheer-day and you-know and stuff like but- yeah to be able to say that you were a part of that and you helped organize those kinds of things and to be able to walk down the hallways now, you-know, I mean I've been out of Scollard for five years now and my name's still on a plaque you-know like its fun to be able to kind-of go back and see like "Yeah there I am," like vice-president like you-know and like "Oh there-" and- and a lot came from that.
to perfection, to the highest degree or point. In later use chiefly in dressed (up) to the nines : dressed very elaborately or smartly.