Toronto Man Gives A Truly Insightful Slang Lesson On Twitter
The use of slang is an integral part of Toronto culture. While the city is often credited for its origins, the slang is actually direct product of West Indian heritage that has simply become adopted and modified by Torontonians over the years.
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It’s difficult to have concrete definitions for the slang words because some of them may carry multiple meanings. A particular slang word may mean two completely different things in opposite regions of the GTA. That being said, people still attempt to establish “official” definitions in order to settle the debate once and for all.
One of those people is the anonymous mastermind behind @TheTorontoThug, a Twitter account dedicated to speaking brutally honest truths of living in Toronto. A few months ago, the user posted a photo set of 61 commonly used Toronto slang words and their definitions:
Toronto Slang translated into English pic.twitter.com/mjq3WaMMOM
The tweet was a hit and garnered almost 5,000 likes and retweets altogether. However, it also received a slew of mixed reactions.
Some people were genuinely enlightened by the definitions, while others called the user out for getting a lot of the slang words wrong:
Lmaoo this is bless
Love how it’s the same as London slang
Perfect. Now I know @belminagic_ is lying when he says wallahi
Reading this with the Scarborough mans accent is perfect
this is so helpful 😂 @Jcraib26
jeeez on point still 😂😂😂
Lmao WHAT
A lot of this is wrong
So many of these are so wrong
"wagwan" is not Toronto slang.. it's Jamaican patois🙄
Dis is wrong AF 😂😂😂😂
Dwl. Using Jamaican words out of context and then calling it Toronto Slang
After reading some of these replies, it’s easy to see that Toronto slang is a truly complex phenomenon that will likely always be the topic of fiery debate in the city!