Image description: Uniquely Canadian words that confuse the word:
soaker, toonie, deke, kerfuffle, two-four, double-double, keener, pop, klicks, all-dressed, chinook


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  • @Buddahriffic
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    210 months ago

    I haven’t heard hoser used outside of media (I think Wayne’s World? Or some Mike Meyers SNL character?).

    Soaker is the standard way to refer to water soaking through your shoe/boot though (which is the specific thing it refers to, you don’t get soakers while wearing good boots).

    What about deke? That one took me a moment because I’d never seen it written out before, but what do you call it when someone gets passed a defensive player using fancy ball/puck handling? I think it would apply to hockey, basketball, or soccer?