What Are Some Of Your City's Inside Jokes?

[Razor]

Local stereotypes,sayings,culture , "isms", jokes, or evn fashions that only residents would understand.

Ottawa:

Gina or Giino Gatineau

A derogatory stereotype for un sophisticated residents living in Gatineau. e.g Wears a lot of bling, or women dawning spaghetti straps and stilettos with jeans.

Clifford from the Valley

A derogatory stereotype for rural folk living on the Ontario side.

(There are really a lot of people named Clifford out there though.)

The Dark Side

Gatineau

Quebexico (ouch)

Gatineau

The red and white limousine or Loser Train

O.C Transpo


Farhaven

Barhaven - One of the cities west end suburbs home to maybe 125k residents


disclaimer: Aside from the red and white limo,I never personally use any of these references.


Any more

[ssiguy]

Richmond.........Ditchmond
#3 road {Richmond's busiest}..........the Ho Chi Minn Trail
Hongcouver
Living in Richmond means never having to say you are Surrey.

[ssiguy]

What divides India and China?..................the Fraser River

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by Razor

Local stereotypes,sayings,culture , "isms", jokes, or evn fashions that only residents would understand.

Ottawa:

Gina or Geno Gatineau

A derogatory stereotype for un sophisticated residents living in Gatineau. e.g Wears a lot of bling, or women dawning spaghetti straps and stilettos with jeans.

Interesting. Should be spelled "Gino," by the way.

I don't know about these days, but Gino/Gina used to be slang in Hamilton for tacky Italian kids who who did what we now call the "bling thing." Greasy mullets, chains, loud clothes, loud comportment, etc. Sort of the precursors to "Jersey Shore," I guess. But it definitely referred only to Italians. You couldn't call a Portuguese guy a "Gino," or anyone else.

Sample joke:
Q: How do you empty out a bar in Hamilton?
A: Run in and shout: Hey Gino, your Trans-Am's on fire!

[Razor]

^ Yes I'm well aware of the original stereotype for Gino..That whole Trans Ams and fuzzy dice schlock somehow got morphed into a local French Canadian Gatineau reference. I don't even think the new fangled local Gino stereotype wears a lot of chains actually. Maybe they have a few old Trans Ams on blocks in their front yard, but the chains/bling aren't necessarily a thing.

Another one I heard for Hamilton before (from probably a Torontonian.), was "She asked me to kiss her wear it stinks, so I brought her to Hamilton"..Another "ouch"

Laffed at those Vancouver ones btw..Pretty clever...Keep them coming.

[SignalHillHiker]

Skeets would be the big one. Some of them even pass into infamy, like the #pizzaskeets. They're basically the local equivalent of chavs - an urban lower class with relentlessly public relationship drama, Eastern Bloc/1980s sports fan fashion sense, and lots of neck tattoos. I love them because they always have the thickest accents and it's a hyper-masculine subculture.

Twitter persona example: https://mobile.twitter.com/skeetquotes

There's also the East Ender Townie. Upper middle class, Irish accent, stern demeanour, expensive tastes, lack of patience, judgmental. You always feel like you've committed a faux pas in their presence.

Twitter persona example: https://mobile.twitter.com/SEESA1A

[Loco101]

Originally Posted by Razor

Barhaven - One of the cities west end suburbs home to maybe 125k residents





Any more

My Grandparents lived in Barrhaven. I remember family members of my wife who live in Orleans calling it Barfhaven.

And another one against Ottawa:

Hull (Gatineau) = Ottawa's nightlife

[Loco101]

Now for where I live:

Timmins: City with a lot of potholes

(taken from our slogan "City with a Heart of Gold.")

And for one of our neighbourhood's:

SCUMacher for Schumacher

Reason: it was originally its own town and built as though it wasn't going to last due to mining. Houses are very close together, no yards and very ugly. It was a place where many squatters live. Today it is still populated by many low-income people.

[Dmajackson]

Halifax has a few

Dartmouth --> The Dark Side, The Dirty D

Sackville --> The Strip, SackVegas

Bedford --> Stuck-Up

North End Halifax --> If you live here you are automatically a hipster

Mulgrave Park --> Pee Park

Moncton --> The Mud Pile or simply Magic Mountain (many don't even realize there is a city there)

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by Dmajackson

Halifax has a few

Dartmouth --> The Dark Side, The Dirty D

Sackville --> The Strip, SackVegas

Bedford --> Stuck-Up

North End Halifax --> If you live here you are automatically a hipster

Mulgrave Park --> Pee Park

Moncton --> The Mud Pile or simply Magic Mountain (many don't even realize there is a city there)

Moncton:

Dieppe ---------> Little Quebec
Riverview ------> Slumberville
Sackville (NB) --> Bagtown
Halifax ---------> Self appointed centre of the universe.

[Pinion]

This covers a lot of the stereotypes

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Originally Posted by ssiguy

What divides India and China?..................the Fraser River

What separates Iran and China? The Burrard Inlet.

What separates Korea and China? Lougheed highway.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Razor

Quebexico (ouch)

Gatineau

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I've never actually heard that one, but it makes sense! I've always found that Ottawa had a Tijuana-type relationship with Gatineau (where booze and sex are more readily available, or at least that's the perception). Maybe not so much as in the old days though.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Razor

Gina or Giino Gatineau

A derogatory stereotype for un sophisticated residents living in Gatineau. e.g Wears a lot of bling, or women dawning spaghetti straps and stilettos with jeans.

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I love your list, but BTW I don't think most people use Gina as the female of Gino. It's generally Ginette. Long form is Ginette Spray-Net.

Also synonymous with Gino (which is a Quebec-wide term BTW) is Jos Gat, Jos Gatineau or Ti-Jos Gatineau. All localisms to describe the same type of guy.

[Acajack]

Viewed (jokingly) from Gatineau:


L'autre pays (the other country) = Ottawa, or Ontario in general

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by rousseau

Interesting. Should be spelled "Gino," by the way.

I don't know about these days, but Gino/Gina used to be slang in Hamilton for tacky Italian kids who who did what we now call the "bling thing." Greasy mullets, chains, loud clothes, loud comportment, etc. Sort of the precursors to "Jersey Shore," I guess. But it definitely referred only to Italians. You couldn't call a Portuguese guy a "Gino," or anyone else.

Sample joke:
Q: How do you empty out a bar in Hamilton?
A: Run in and shout: Hey Gino, your Trans-Am's on fire!

Wouldn't people in the Golden Horseshoe have mostly used the term "Guido" for that type of individual?

[matt602]

Usually things to do with Barton Street.


(some guy's flickr)


(some cbc stabbing thing)


(flar's barton street photo essay)

not really inside joke funny haha though. I don't know any of those for Hamilton. usually hamiltonian inside jokes are just insults about their own city.

[Acajack]

Sill from Ottawa-Gatineau...

Lots of puns with the name ''Hull'' and equating it will "hell" in English from people on the Ottawa side.

Also, in French: "un gars d'Hull" which sounds like ''un gars dull" (as in a dull guy).

For women you also hear "bébé d'Hull" which sounds exactly the same as francophones would say ''baby doll'' (the sexy outfit).

[Acajack]

CFB Orleans - the east end Ottawa suburb of Orleans, known for having a lot of national defence personnel living there.

Mountie City - Orleans again, home to many RCMP families.

[Loco101]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Sill from Ottawa-Gatineau...

Lots of puns with the name ''Hull'' and equating it will "hell" in English from people on the Ottawa side.

Also, in French: "un gars d'Hull" which sounds like ''un gars dull" (as in a dull guy).

For women you also hear "bébé d'Hull" which sounds exactly the same as francophones would say ''baby doll'' (the sexy outfit).

Isn't there an English language newspaper in Wakefield, QC that has the name or slogan "Low down to Hull and back?"

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Loco101

Isn't there an English language newspaper in Wakefield, QC that has the name or slogan "Low down to Hull and back?"

Indeed there is! (There is a town called Low in the area as well.)