frostback
n.— «Have a feature in today’s Toronto Star on all the “frostbacks” on the January press tour.… Frostbacks is an expression I’d never heard of until Star TV columnist Rob Salem spelled it out for me last July—Canadians working on U.S. network television. It is an expanding list, especially this winter, with a mix of familiar faces and a couple of promising rookies.» —“Lie to Me, Damned Lies and Statistics” by Bill Brioux Bill Brioux’s TV Feeds My Family (Canada) Jan. 20, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
In her book, Canadian English: A Linguistic Reader, University of Toronto professor Elaine Gold writes extensively about the common Canadian discourse tag eh? This word can serve as a confirmation marker, much like the discourse tag right? The word...
Imagine telling someone how to get to your home, but without using the name of your street, or any other street within ten miles. Could you do it? We take street names for granted, but these words are useful for far more, like applying for a job or...
I first heard this term in the early 70’s. It was used in the National Lampoon Magazine occasionaly in the sense of illeagal immigrants from Canada.