Well done. Good delivery. "Winnipegger?" Like any other region, Winnipeg and Manitoba have a variety of regional slang terms and phrases. There are some words vou just won't hear anywhere else.
If you're newer here or reading from elsewhere, you may know none or just a few. Know this, though - once you study these and incorporate them into your everyday speech, you're one of us.
Bumper- shining: An ill-advisable winter activity of hanging onto a car's back bumper while it's moving and sliding behind it without the driver noticing. This term is also used in Saskatchewan. if vou're on a skateboard. roller blades, or bike, it's not bumper-shining, but “skitching."
Cabin: An alternate word for "cottage." The term cabin could refer to anything from a rustic, log structure to a fullblown mansion, as long as it's not one's primary residence and it's outside of the city and preferably near water.
Fat Boy: A big, hearty burger with mustard, mayo, shredded lettuce, onions, tomatoes, and most importantly, a chill meat sauce. Fat Boys are served at various Greek burger diners all around the city. Who makes it best- Daly Burger, George's, Junior's, Mrs. Mike's, Red Top, V's - is the subject of much debate. Gus Scouras takes credit for the basic concept of the fat boy’s chill sauce. scouras, who grew up with greece, came to Winnipeg with the recipe in the 1950s, and opened several restaurants including Big Boy, Junior's, and Red Top. Many of scouras emplovees, Greek immigrants as well, went on to open their own restaurants and took the chili-sauce recipe with them, transforming it into a Winnipeg staple. As for the coiner of the actual term "Fat Boy" - it was Mike Lambos, who bought Dairi-Wip Drive-In in 1959 after working at Big Boy.
Dainties: A variety of bite-sized, sweet delicacies. Includes, but are not limited to, brownies, lemon squares, Nanaimo bars, butter tart slices, and shortbread cookies. There are many occasions a dainty tray or live may be trotted out - at Christmas, at come-and-go events, and funerals. Dainties are best eaten by the half-dozen in Quick succession. See: matrimonial cake.
