Jim from somewhere in Canada wrote:
"It comes from poker, meaning to push all you chips into the pot. My
buddies and I use this on a night out, making sure none of us go soft
when we could always drink another beer or three."
Thanks Jim!
Voting is open!! Voting will be open for the next 45 days, please vote wisely! Find each word's home page below for an explanation as to what the heck it means and why it should be Canada's new Cheers.
Cheers for Canada is a Canada wide contest to create a new, uniquely Canadian replacement for 'Cheers'. This word could be yours!
The winner will receive a party toasting their word on May 24 weekend, 2009!
Cheers for Canada is a Canada wide contest to create a new, uniquely Canadian replacement for 'Cheers'. This word could be yours!
The winner will receive a party toasting their word on May 24 weekend, 2009!
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- Ticketee-boo
- Hang loose
- Wango
- Cotoco
- Dink
- Come-a-how
- True North!
- beaver cheeks
- He shoots......he scores
- Dennis' Cheers
- Timmy
- Passion
- Victory
- nulli secundus
- Good One
- No Way!
- Drop the puck
- Be safe eh
- Us
- Puck'em
- Together
- Booya
- Tops Down
- Up and down Eh
- de la mer à la mer à la mer
- Canuckie
- Stubbies
- Put 'er there, eh
- Later
- Skookum
- For you and me
- Pi-est
- Green
- Dwink
- Dibs
- Salute
- To your Health
- Sap time
- Bam
- Warmth
- Anada
- Slangeva
- EH-O
- Provincial
- Health and Happiness
- The Maple leaf
- Cha-ching
- Viveh
- Ceilidh
- Up and Over
- Have at it
- YA!
- Canaray
- Up Yours
- Chinook
- Yeah-yo
- Hail the Great North
- Herestayah
- Eh-Ahh
- Beaver
- Tables
- Hock-ehhhh
- Canuck
- Eh-Up
- Bottoms up
- Trebek!
- Chimo
- Char-se
- Two Four
- Screech em
- Effulgent
- Gusto
- To Friends
- Forgets
- Felicity
- Face-off
- Integrity
- Might Better
- Geterdone
- Skully ho
- To the others
- Odyssey
- Drano
- Haggard
- Polar
- Loon
- Swails
- Peace
- Ecoutes
- Chi-ice it
- All in
- Giver
- Toots and Hoots Eh
- Teyours
- Canehlidh
- Sociable
- Four for All
- Be Peers n' Cheers
- Adanac
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1 comment:
Love this one, not just cuz I'm a poker player.
It can also mean that Canadians are all in the conutry together, celebrating diverse cultures as one nation.
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