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[OFFICIAL] Toronto Slang Catalog

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#1 ·
DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT CANADIAN; HOWEVER, DRAKE IS MY SPIRIT ANIMAL

toronto natives
post 6 lingo with a comprehensive definition.
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lets make this a perpetually running catalog of 6 slang!​

Vietbrah said:
This a good starting point

cyattie
noun; a girl who likes to start fights with every "bitch" or girl that she is jelouse of, dresses in (but not limited to) ratchet neon tights, tight fitted jeans that don't fit properly, fitteds or snapbacks, Jordan's (usually the cheapest ones from the Nike Outlet), wears pounds of makeup thinking it looks good and speaks lyke dis.

from time
way of sayin for a long time, since way back
been gettin money from time
been a gangsta from time
dem man been grindin from time​


deke or deke out: to trick someone or avoid them
gotch, ginch or gonch: refers to underwear, especially men's
had the biscuit: dead, spent, broken
head'r: means to leave
hose: means to trick, deceive, or steal
hosed: something that is broken
Jesus Murphey: a widely used slang expression
joggers: jogging pants
ketchup potato chips: flavored potato chips
Mountie: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
mickey: a small container of liquor
poutine: french fries with poutine sauce and cheese curds
slack: low quality or disappointment

A so it go (Jamaican) That's how it goes/happens.
A whole heap (Jamaican) A whole bunch.
B (American) Short for brother or bredren (Jamaican patois meaning brethren).
Bat up Hit, beat up.
Beat dat face (Jamaican) To have sexual intercourse or oral sex.
Bitch Degrading name for a female.
Bredren (Jamaican) Brethren, Brother.
Car wash (Torontonian) Metaphor for oral sex (fellatio).
Da, Dat, Dem, Dere, Dis The, That, Them, There, This.
Fosse (Jamaican) A homosexual, weakling, punk, coward.
G Girl.
Grilled (American) Someone staring at you intensely.
Grimey (American) Great, hype, wicked, so good that it's bad.
Jungle (Torontonian) A community in North York with a large population of people of African/Caribbean descent. Feature of Jungle slang is saying "still" or "like" frequently in a sentence.
Lease (Torontonian) Get rid of, let go.
Like (American) Used frequently in sentences usually by those from North York, particularly Jungle.
Mans Men.
N'ah mean? (American) You know what I mean?
***** (American) Variation of "" used by white people to degrade black people, now also used by blacks to speak of other blacks.
Nuff man a (Jamaican) Enough or a lot of men are.
Off the yellzabob (American) Out of this world, off the hook.
Patois Regional dialect; a regional form of a language, used informally and usually containing elements regarded as nonstandard.
Please believe me (American) Uniqueness is emphasized in the way it is said. Pronunciation: Puhleeze Buhleeve Meh.
Rip the show Give the audience a good time, blow them away.
Salt (Torontonian) Something offensive, horrible.
Shizzle (American) For shizzle = for sure, That's the shizzle = that's the stuff/shit.
Skettel (Jamaican) Equivalent of slut, whore.
Still Used frequently in sentences usually by those from North York, particularly Jungle.
T-dot Toronto.
Talks Slang, the way someone/people talk.
Truss meh (Jamaican) Trust me.
Turf Area where someone is from, lives, represents.
Vexed Mad, angry.
Wife Endearing term for a girlfriend.
Ya dun know (Jamaican) You know what I'm saying/talking about?/You understand?​

When in doubt; say Ting
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Wallahi: wallahi means i swear to allah, which is used by muslims, but has become famous in t-dot​
"Str8/Tr8" and "Y pree?" are popular slang in Jamaica and undoubtedly in Canada as well. The former is a stylized version of "straight", often used as as a term of affirmation and the latter is simply asking why people are watching the moves he makes so intently.
Ahlie:"right?"​
moss:to relax or chill. the act of chilling.​
waste yute = wasteman = idiot; incompotent.
bucket: dumbass.
running brizzies: blowjob.​
stick / burner / sweetie / ting: gun
loud / kush / pang / fiya: kush
tings: girls
runnin dome:eek:ral sex​
Y - Pause/No ****

Y pree? - Why do you care about my business? ( mind your own)

From time - From way back when

Tr8888 - Straight like that

Trosss mi daddy - Trust me/ Believe me.

Ting - Woman

Cyattie - Used to refer to just women in general, especially one you are courting. However, the girl on How About Now uses it to mean a sketel aka thot.

Dun know - You already know​

Daddii - Drake who is literally everyones father, trust him.​
 
#9 ·
look at that cyattie, looking like a rink rat, approaching that Mountie, probably buying her a Bismarck and a double double at slack timmys bet she has a nice gonch tho eh. btw m8 need to cop some new joggers, eh? hey m8 pass the poutine and mickeys will ya?
 
#10 ·
Rafi said:
For someone who lives the Caribbean and has to type on KTT properly so people can understand what I'm saying...I see this thread and I'm thinking this is so cringe worthy
Got family from the Carribeans and honestly I'm wondering how the fuck did the accents transfer all the way to Canada ever since "From Time"
 
#11 ·
Hahaha I was about to start this right now, posted about it in another thread.

Of course some people interpret it differently.

Styll= Though.

Link me/up= Send me that.../...Let's meet up..../....Hit up my cell.

Ting= Thing.
 
#14 ·
Rafi said:
For someone who lives the Caribbean and has to type on KTT properly so people can understand what I'm saying...I see this thread and I'm thinking this is so cringe worthy
u should kno that the greater toronto area has a high amount of island immigration. so kids grow up speaking with a watered down jamaican dialect, the parents might speak patois but theyre in a english school system