Canuckistan

English

Etymology

From Canuck +‎ -i- +‎ -stan.

Proper noun

Canuckistan

1. (informal, derogatory or humorous) Canada.

   Synonym: Soviet Canuckistan

   • 2005 April 28, Adrian Mack, “Top of the Pops”, in The Georgia Straight:

     Fistfights aside, Day is looking forward to her band's first Canadian tour as she anticipates a more European flavour up here in Canuckistan.

   • 2006 January 7, David Olive, “Data belie resilient economy”, in Toronto Star:

     Meantime, the loonie's buoyancy this year reflects growing interest in Canuckistan from offshore admirers.

   • 2012, Warren Kinsella, Fight the Right: A Manual for Surviving the Coming Conservative Apocalypse, Random House Canada, published 2012, →ISBN, page 28:

     Republican political consultants regularly ply their trade with Conservatives up in Canuckistan […]

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Canuckistan.

Derived terms

• Canuckistani
• Canuckistanian