Canadadouble-double
noun · Colloquial
A coffee with two creams and two sugars. Originating at Tim Hortons and now understood at any Canadian coffee counter.
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Canadian Slang for Food & Drink
11 Canadian slang terms for food & drink, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
Informal words for eating, drinking and the state of having done too much of either. Frequently borrowed across borders, and frequently mistranslated.
freezies
noun · Colloquial
Flavoured ice in a long plastic tube, frozen at home. Called ice pops or freeze pops elsewhere.
jambuster
noun · Regional
A jam-filled doughnut. Manitoba's word for it.
mickey
noun · Informal
A 375ml bottle of spirits — the flat, curved one that fits in a pocket. A twenty-sixer is the larger 750ml bottle.
pop
noun · Colloquial
A fizzy soft drink. The default term across most of Canada; 'soda' marks you as American or as a Montrealer.
poutine
noun · Colloquial · poo-TEEN
Chips topped with cheese curds and gravy. Originally rural Quebec, now national, and the defining late-night food.
screech
noun · Regional
A strong Newfoundland rum. Being 'screeched in' is a tourist ceremony involving a shot of it and kissing a cod.
serviette
noun · Colloquial · ser-vee-ET
A paper napkin. The French borrowing is ordinary Canadian English, where American English says napkin throughout.
Timbits
noun · Colloquial
Small spherical doughnut holes. A trademark that has become the generic word, and the default thing to bring to a meeting or a children's hockey game.
Timmies
noun · Colloquial
Tim Hortons, the coffee-and-doughnut chain. Affectionate, and used far more often than the full name.
two-four
noun · Informal
A case of twenty-four beers.