# Canadian swearing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 5, 2000, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859 "2000-11-05T23:18:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859/1 "2000-11-05T23:18:25Z")
So, over in Great Debates, this Canadian guy calls me a “pip” and when I asked him what that meant a “cheeky monkey”. What does it mean? Is he cussing me, or what? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859/2 "2000-11-05T23:39:51Z")
I think he pulled it out of his arse. ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859/3 "2000-11-05T23:48:17Z")
Canadian, checking in here. ::Shrugs:: That’s a new one to me. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859/4 "2000-11-05T23:56:24Z")
Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859/5 "2000-11-06T00:27:36Z")
I’ve never heard that one either, eh, so I suspect your friend is funning you. ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859/6 "2000-11-06T00:57:39Z")
Are you sure he is Canadian… sounds more European to me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859/7 "2000-11-06T01:17:51Z")
Canadian swearing: Dammit, eh! ::an American ducks and runs:: ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859/8 "2000-11-06T01:52:28Z")
how’s aboot i kick yer ass, eh! ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859/9 "2000-11-06T02:27:29Z")
It’s aboot respect! ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859/10 "2000-11-06T05:09:30Z")
Tabernacle! ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859/11 "2000-11-06T07:21:53Z")
Not sure but… - isn’t “cheeky monkey” from the Austin Powers character, or another Mike Myers character from SNL? That phrase seems to ring a bell. “Pip” sounds British. Now if he called you a “hosehead”. Now dem’s fightin’ words. ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859/12 "2000-11-06T07:53:12Z")
Your all a buch of hosers! 🙂 I belive pip is british. I’ve all ways taken it to mean somebody who was fiesty or had spunk. Yes, I’m a Canadian, and no I’m not a lumberjack (that’s my brothers job) but I have been known to curl a few rocks in my time (hmm…maybe it isn’t a sterotype after all? Now where’s my back bacon?) ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859/13 "2000-11-06T07:54:58Z")
That should read **You’re** all At least now we know who the real hoser is. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859/14 "2000-11-06T16:27:06Z")
Here’s what Merriam-Webster Online has to say about pip: > [@](#): > > Main Entry: 1pip > Pronunciation: 'pip > Function: noun > Etymology: Middle English pippe, from Middle Dutch (akin to Old High German pfiffIz), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin pipita, alteration of Latin pituita phlegm, pip; perhaps akin to Greek pitys pine – more at PINE > Date: 15th century > 1 a : a disorder of a bird marked by formation of a scale or crust on the tongue b : the scale or crust of this disorder > 2 a : any of various human ailments; especially : a slight nonspecific disorder b chiefly British : a feeling of irritation or annoyance Do you feel insulted yet? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859/15 "2000-11-06T16:38:46Z")
What a Dukey Butt! Him, not you, dude. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859/16 "2000-11-06T20:29:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by smug \* > **Not sure but… - isn’t “cheeky monkey” from the Austin Powers character, or another Mike Myers character from SNL? > That phrase seems to ring a bell.** Simon, the British kid in the bathtub who was always showing off his ‘Drawrings’ - he’d regularly accuse the audience of looking at his bum, and call them Cheeky Monkeys. (Interesting pun, that.) ---
**Author:** ![jovius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@jovius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovius)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859/17 "2000-11-06T20:38:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by corvus \* > \*\*Your all a buch of hosers! 🙂 > Yes, I’m a Canadian, and no I’m not a lumberjack (that’s my brothers job) but I have been known to curl a few rocks in my time (hmm…maybe it isn’t a sterotype after all? Now where’s my back bacon?) \*\* I’m a lumberjack and I’m okay, I sleep all night and I wor… oh wait, stop it!!! hehe, curling’s fun to watch (oh darn, I admit it, it’s one of my favorite winter sports to watch!) Mmmmm, bacon plus toasting the bread with the left-over oil… mmmm, I remember that when I was a child back in Montreal… ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859/18 "2000-11-06T20:53:52Z")
I miss the Royal Canadian Air Farce - the PBS station in Daytona Beach quit broadcasting it, and now they’re playing Lawrence Welk. And I used to watch curling when I lived back north - CKWS-Kingston, Ontario. Cable company up there replaced it with C-SPAN. And when did Michael J. Fox become an American citizen?! Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![Wump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed655f/32.png) [@Wump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wump)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859/19 "2000-11-06T21:04:16Z")
Pip is one of my many nicknames, although it has nothing to do with the crustyness of my tongue, or annoyingness… It’s derived from Phip, which comes from flip, which comes form my real name, Phil… ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859/20 "2000-11-06T22:09:20Z")
Thanks **Tengu**. I couldn’t remember where that was from and it was driving me nuts. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-swearing/39859.md?page=2)