The most popular slang term in Canada is to hang a Roger or Larry, according to a study conducted by language training company Preply. .“No matter where they originated, Canadian slang terms are important to know if you want to be able to understand and speak like a local,” said Preply writer Erica Prush in a blog post. .Prush said hang a Roger is defined as taking a right, and a Larry is a left. .Subsequent to hang a Roger or Larry is runners. This was followed by Canuck, dart, and Mountie. .When it came to dating, Prush said the most popular slang term was roster. Roster refers to the list of people a person is seeing. .Second place went to snack. This was followed by smash, bae and thirsty. .The food slang word most used in Canada was poutine. Poutine means thick-cut fries covered in cheese curds and gravy. .Subsequent to poutine was takeout. Other top words were brunch, Caesar and mickey. .Prush went on to say British Columbia's and Quebec’s most popular slang word was Canuck. Canuck is an alternative word for Canadian. .Another term that topped the list in multiple provinces was Mountie in the Northwest Territories and Prince Edward Island. Mountie refers to an RCMP officer. .For major Canadian cities, hang a Roger topped the list in Montreal. Canuck was the most popular term in Calgary and Surrey, BC. .In Quebec and Prince Edward Island, love was in the air with relationship slang. The most popular terms were cuffing season (when people are more likely to cuff or get into a relationship during the winter) and hard launching (explicitly announcing a romantic relationship on social media)..Dating is not as rosy in Saskatchewan and Ontario. Beige flag (a strange trait in a potential partner that is not a dealbreaker) and ick (a trait that turns people off from a fine person) were the most popular terms. .Ick was the top term in Quebec City. Thirsty (looking for a partner) had the title in multiple cities, ranking at the top in Montreal and Hamilton. .Poutine topped the list as the most popular slang term in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Timmies (Tim Hortons) took the top spot in Nunavut and Nova Scotia. .If poutine is not people’s preference, they can try ketchup chips (potato chips coated in a tomato powder). They were the most popular term in New Brunswick. .Poutine came on top in Surrey. Timmies was the most popular option in Quebec City. .With all of this knowledge, Prush said people might “be able to out-slang the Canucks themselves.” .“Who knows, they might even call you a keener — a know it all!” she said. .“Remember, the best way to master slang, like any other aspect of language, is to immerse yourself and practice!”.Cabinet ministers’ speaking points must avoid slang, especially during Question Period, according to a guide for political ghostwriters obtained by an access to information and privacy request in 2022. .READ MORE: Cabinet members' speaking points must exclude jargon and acronyms, guide states.Staff were instructed to deflect questions by reciting past achievements or finding an alternate angle..“Avoid jargon and spell out acronyms,” said Public Works Canada. .Preply retrieved more than 128,000 geotagged tweets from each Canadian province and territory and major city and filtered these tweets to remove duplicates and non-English-language posts. It searched the retrieved tweets for each term and determined the most popular in each province and territory and major city.
