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!

Chinook

Jocelyn from somewhere in Canada:

"Like a warm wind, the word chinook is defined as a moist warm wind blowing from the sea in coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest; a warm dry wind that decends from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains causing a rapid rise in temperature.
During our cold Canadian winters, a welcome arrival is the chinook, ushering in those warm winds and temperatures albeit briefly, to shake us from our winter doldrums. Raise a glass and shout "Chinook" and feel the warmth.
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