zagging

v. Defeating heavily, but with panache and true human decency.

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Watch out devils. There will be some spiritually sound zagging on the court tonight.

covidist

n. Sensible person who looks beyond the facts in any situation.

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John is a proud covidist. He exudes an inner wisdom.

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plus Juan

n. Extra person included on a Mexican wedding invitation.

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Have you met Kara? She’s my plus Juan tonight.

En tus suenos gringo.

superbola

n. Any horrible infectious disease that becomes an epidemic and threatens the fabric of society. Can be used metaphorically for things that destroy computer networks, school spirit etc.

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In the seventeenth century a superbola swept across Europe and killed millions of peasants.

kenney

v. To hire someone to demean or defeat a competitor or opponent in a bidding process, election etc. Initially used in western Canada but becoming more widespread.

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I have the election in the bag! I have a guy willing to kenney the incumbent for fifty bucks.

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pipeline

n. A conduit for the movement of oil, or other fluids. Also, in Canada, a sexual euphemism.

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I understand Trudeau is interested in discussing a pipeline cleanup with Kennedy and Singh.

Well! They are going to need a lot of rags.

Moncton

place. Standing in the stagnant tawny waters of the Petitcodiak River, the most tidally-boring stream in the world, Moncton serves both as a bedroom annex for vibrant Shediac and as a diverticulum for the number two flowing from Halifax to Quebec. Briefly controlled by a pastoralist francophone population who wrested control of the terrain from its hunter-gatherer inhabitants who neglected to have their deed countersigned by Henry IV of France or the Pope, Moncton was, by 1713 solidly in the hands of British industrialists and a smattering of displaced fruit farmers longing to star in Longfellow poems.

Currently Moncton is home to many, many nature parks, a dearth of good Albanian eateries, and a world-class quarry which provides the marble bases for every Anne of Green Gables statuette sold in eastern PEI.

Two hospitals, when they aren’t feuding about who has the prettiest nurses, provide a host of services to Monctonites of all stripes including the Mi’kmaq who somehow were overlooked when the Europeans divied up the better land parcels and consequently spent 500 years standing out in the figurative blizzards getting literally frozen to death.

Speaking an odd joual, giving regional blocks to already sleeping orthopaedic patients, and preparing to move to Alberta are currently the most popular activities in Moncton but, with the completion of the new cannery on Butbutandan Street, stuffing unrecognizable bits of lobster into tins will soon put Moncton on the map.

What’s the difference between being a Moncton lobster trapper who works three months a year and a hobo?

120,000 dollars a year.

Canadian dollars?

Our, mais le taux de change est tres favorable.