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NEWFIES - Newfie (also Newf or sometimes Newfy) is a colloquial term used in Canada for someone who is from Newfoundland. While some Newfoundlanders still cons...
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Some eastern Canadians |
Newfoundlanders, jokingly |
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Apr 21 2014 Canadiana |
Oct 6 2006 New York Times |
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Newfie (also Newf or sometimes Newfy) is a colloquial term used in Canada for someone who is from Newfoundland. While some Newfoundlanders still consider "Newfie" a slur from its past used by American and Canadian military personnel present on the island and its use in Newfie jokes that depicted "Newfies" as foolish, the term has since been adapted as a term of edearment. Many Newfoundlanders find the term is often used as a put-down and the majority of Newfoundlanders are uncomfortable with the term but are too polite to say so. Unless you left the island in late 1980s the term was unknown to islanders and not used. The word was first recorded in a 1942 dictio The word was first recorded in a 1942 dictionary of slang * During the Second World War, sailors on convoy duty nicknamed St. John's (the capital of Newfoundland) Newfiejohn.* |