| Edible Expressions | Canadian Slang | Nifty ’50s |
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What is eye? When someone says, “You’re the apple of my eye,” it means they adore you.
Apple of one’s.....
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What is (Canadian) dollar?
Loonie
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What are the suburbs? It was sometimes cheaper to
pay a mortgage on a suburban home than it was to rent in the city.
The decade saw people move to these places on the
outskirts of cities. |
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What is nut?
When you can’t figure out something, it’s a tough one of these to crack.
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What is Tim Hortons?
When someone suggests a trip to Timmies for a cup of coffee, they mean this restaurant.
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What is baby boomer? Boomers were born from 1946 to 1964
Children born throughout the decade of the 1950s
belong to this generation. |
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What are beans?
Don’t spill these if you want to keep a secret.
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What is a (Timmies) coffee with double cream and
double sugar?
Double-double
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What is The Honeymooners? This is the break that
made Jackie Gleason a star
This popular TV sitcom was set in two apartments
at 328 Chauncey Street in the Bensonhurst area of Brooklyn,New York. |
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What is your noodle?
Another expression for “use your brain” is use this.
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What is a case of 24 beers?
Two-four
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What is the Moon? The space probe Luna 3 takes the first photographs of the far side of the moon.
The radio-controlled Luna 3 was part of the Soviet Union's highly successful lunar program
In 1959 its dark side was seen for the first time
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What is souped-up?
Muscle cars were often described as this.
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What is a Toque
woolen, usually pointed cap worn in the winter
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What is Smokey the Bear
In 1950 a live version of this symbol for forest fire prevention was found?
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