Assuming, haughty, petulant, huffy.
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Speaker: So I- I- I knew but I don't think other guys really picked up on it. Interviewer: Yeah, that's sad. Speaker: So I'm just like, ah whatever, which is probably for the best because she's kind-of- she's not a debbie-downer but she's just too like hoity-toity. Interviewer: Mm, oh well, it's for the best. |
Snobbish |
used as an oath or expletive
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Wow that 's love. Holy-Mackerel |
used as an oath or expletive |
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Holy-mackerel. |
used as an oath or expletive |
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This is your fourth year! Holy mackerel. Where in the hell does the time go? |
used as an oath or expletive |
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Something that pops in my mind just holy-mackerel. |
used as an oath or expletive |
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Holy mackerel! You didn't record all that did you? |
used as an oath or expletive |
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Speaker: Oh, there was an old sun porch and I think I was lying on an old steel cot of some sort. Interviewer: Oh. Speaker: And holy Mexican, I'll tell you. (laughs) 39> Interviewer: The steel. 1> Speaker: And the dog was lying there too so when- when I came through she just let out for God-knows-where. |
Used to show surprise. |
a person of exasperating habits or manners
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Oh none of them were holy terrors, but they- they were good. I-mean Jimmy-Trumbull now he was the one- he was suppose- he wasn't a swimmer, like we- they had a raft, and I was out the raft and ah the other two were in watching the kids in shore, and Jimmy just started swimming out to the raft. |
A troublesome child |
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Holy world, we're going to come back- have to come back to these stones here. |
used as an oath or expletive |
Bought pigs from Jarold-Lankin and they could jump right near the deer. Holy-world- |
used as an oath or expletive |
A boy who has been brought up or resettled by a charitable home, orphanage, or similar institution.
Example | Meaning |
Speaker 2: Quite- he was quite- Speaker 1: He was a- he was a home boy. Speaker 2: He was quite a unit. |
A boy who has been brought up or resettled by a charitable home, orphanage, or similar institution. |
A disreputable entertainment venue, later spec. a cheap, sleazy bar or nightclub, typically one where country music is played. In early use also: a variety show featuring acts regarded as disreputable or of low quality, associated with such a venue. Also in extended use. Now chiefly hist.
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Yeah it 's- I- well I 've never- I 've never been on the rides but it was- there was always this really- a little bit of the old-fashioned (inc) was honky-tonk (inc) at Niagara-Falls and you thought, "Well it 's such a thing of (inc) wonderful physical beauty," |
a type of bar with loud country music |
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And ah bars and taverns hadn't open. They were barely in existence then. So entertainment was strictly dance halls. There was no honky-tonks to go to and drink and hear music. |
a type of bar with loud country music |
A hooded sweatshirt, fleece, or other garment.
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Interviewer: Yeah, they're like the hockey- they're jackets with a team emblem on them and they go over your head. Like they only have like a half zipper- Speaker: Yeah. Like a hoodie. Interviewer: Yeah, but it 's like a jacket with like a gor-- well, not gortex. They were always a hundred-and-fifty dollars. Everybody wanted one. And everybody always wanted the Chicago-Bulls or something-like- that. |
A hooded sweatshirt, fleece, or other garment. |
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Speaker: I was confused. Just like all are. Interviewer: Trying to fit in. Speaker: You-know, trying to fit in, even though I didn't need to. I was still a rocker, Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: But um yeah that's what- that's what I was. And m-- my- I- you-know- jeans. Now I wear hoodies 'cause it's cold but you-know t-shirts, polos. Interviewer: Okay. Speaker: That kind-of thing. |
A hooded sweatshirt, fleece, or other garment. |
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Speaker: So he picked me up and he looked so nice. Like usually he just wears like some stupid c-- graphic brand tee-shirt and like- or like his ah- Interviewer: Jeans. Interviewer: Jeans and- Interviewer: Running-shoes. Interviewer: Running-shoes and then like a hoodie, always. All the time, with like some sort of hel-- brand-name hat. So then when he picked me up, he's wearing his nice wool jacket. Like ah, his dress jacket and then like, um a dress- sort-of-dressy zippie ... |
A hooded sweatshirt, fleece, or other garment. |
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Speaker: Yep. You can't- you can't wear ah bandanas near Le-Bop or Le-Bistro either. Interviewer: Really? Speaker: 'Cause the gang-rate is very, very high. There, you can't wear a hood, a hoodie, and you can't wear any, like, insignia or anything like that. 'Cause one ti-- 'cause, like, as guide, as exec members, we have hoodies, right? And sometimes you just put your hood up. And we were walking in and they were like- basically, the bouncers grabbed us all and pushed us aside and was like, "Show us your I-D! What gang are you part of? Du-du-du-du-du!" |
A hooded sweatshirt, fleece, or other garment. |
Speaker: "We're on contract, we're not drinking, we have no alcohol, we have no guns, we have no knives, we have no this." Like, we're going through the list of- to try to ma-- they're like, "The only way we're letting you in is to take your hoodie off." Okay. Interviewer: (inc) safer right, yeah. Yeah. Speaker: Well, it's because they've had instances with gangs in that area, 'cause there's so many ah so many, you-know. There's- i-- it's riddled with youth-gangs. I'm being sarcastic (laughs) |
A hooded sweatshirt, fleece, or other garment. |
Interviewer: The slang terms in Northern-Ontario compared to Southern-Ontario. Speaker: Um the backpack-packsack thing? (laughs). Interviewer: It's (inc). Speaker: Yeah. Well, I noticed hoodie and sweatshirt. Some people were confused by that. I don't know if everyone would be, but I think some people were. Um. Interviewer: What about camp versus cottage? |
A hooded sweatshirt, fleece, or other garment. |
Example | Meaning |
... he just looked at my belt and was like "Take off the belt." I'm like "Okay whatever." So I went and put the belt away, but it sucked because he only singled me out when like there's three other people wearing high- with hoodies, like right beside and I was the one that they- like he picked on. Stupid. |
A hooded sweatshirt, fleece, or other garment. |