A term for Canadians like "Yankee" to Americans. Comes from a WWI comic book called "Johnny Canuck" a Canadian soldier in the war. Also the name of Vancouver's NHL team
by mbh September 23, 2003
1. "Those Canucks visited from north of the border"
2. "People think all Canadians are lumberjacks, which isn't true. A lot of us play hockey instead."
3. "The Canucks had a great season, but lost to the Bruins in the cup final."
2. "People think all Canadians are lumberjacks, which isn't true. A lot of us play hockey instead."
3. "The Canucks had a great season, but lost to the Bruins in the cup final."
by Jquiet November 06, 2011
There is a theory that the word is derived from Connaught, a term said to be given by French Canadians to the Irish. The Oxford Companion To The English Language (defines the term as): Canuck 1820’s. Probably from the Iroquoian "CANUCHSA", someone in a "KANATA"(village)…but possibly from Hawaiian "KANAKA" (man), through a pidgin used in the fur trade (in which Pacific islanders were employed), and taken into French as "CANAQUE", perhaps being originally applied to French Canadian canoemen. A nickname for a Canadian…but in the U.S. Northeast pejoratively referring to French Canadians.
by SMART CANUCK May 19, 2004
by tenchu November 12, 2003
They are my favourite hockey team in the whole world, and I will cheer for them forever. I am very fortunate and privileged to be able to go to GM Place many times a season. I still have great memories of their early 90's seasons, when I first became a fan.
by ThreeTimesOneMinusOne December 07, 2004
by Andrew October 10, 2003