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!

Screech em

Shawn from Toronto

"I love this term because it's a very well known tradition in newfoundland that is widely enjoyed. Anyone who visits newfoundland and wants to become an honorary newfie then we would screech em in as they say. You have a shot of newfie screech and then you kiss a puffin's behind of course it is a stuff animal. Used to be a dead cod. People from around the world who visit really participate in this ritual. I even did it and im a newfie. Something to be proud of. It shows how much we are proud not only of our newfoundland culture but our pride in canada. So have a drink of your favorite brew and toast to good times and prosperity and say screech em."

Thanks Shawn

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