pain point n.— «Quebec small businesses have the second-highest labor “pain points.”…On a national basis, the survey found 70 per cent of small businesses had serious problems with labor laws and regulations.» —“Manitoba businesses head list...
kitchen-table church n.— «The movement has already had some quick success: In just four years, Pastor Verschelden has founded a church in St. Felix, north of Joliette, called Eglise du Rocher Vivant, and another, Renaissance Bible Church, in...
portal combat n.— «Egosurfing, the popular pastime of surfing to find your own name in cyberspace, has acquired a cutthroat cousin: portal combat. Where once you could claim a certain status simply by appearing online, today’s Internet bragging...
gymbot n.— «Last week when I mentioned to him that porn director Chi Chi LaRue once told me he calls gym bunnies “gymbots,” Smith cracks, “I’m too old to be a gym bunny and gymbot sounds like a gay android in the queer version of The Matrix...
pur laine adj.— «It wasn’t easy, because she had chosen television and the CBC’s French network was pur laine (pure wool, as they say in Quebec) meaning old-line (white) Quebecois.» —“Breaking down solitudes in Canada—Haitian-style” by Keeble...
nid-de-poule n.— «Quebecers have coined many terms for the holes: small ones are called nid-de-poule, or hen’s nest, while larger ones are called ostrich nests.» —“Potholes big enough for chickens warrant $6 in Quebec” in Montreal, Can. CBC Mar...