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RE: Steem Basic Income Giveaway: Favourite Idiom?

in #contest5 years ago

I love this contest. I can think of a few offhand that I just absolutely adore.

My favourite Canadianism is, by far, "You hoser." It's a playfully derogatory term to call someone a loser. In the late 19th, early 20th century ice hockey was played outdoors and there were no machines to clean the ice. The losing team was required to scrape and "hose" down the ice after the game, hence the term "hoser".

Some of my other favourites:

"Three (or four) sheets to the wind" for "falling over or passed out drunk."
"Four flusher" for "a$$h**"
"Sh
t or get off the pot" for "good god, make a decision."

Yes, I'm juvenile.

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Ha... I had heard of hoser... must of been from How I Met Your Mother... I think one of the girls is Canadian?... but I had no idea how it had come about!

Sheets to the wind... I knew that one... must also be a common English one... btu the other two ... ha! They're great! I've got an extra SBI share for you for sharing those ones!

Haha! Thank you! Glad you liked those. :)

The winners and the new SBI Question (Insider/Outsider can be found here:

https://steemit.com/contest/@bengy/steem-basic-income-giveaway-insider-outsider