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To utterly and totally destroy the punchline of a joke so as to make it completely devoid of any sort of humerous value. Often, the act of CantonING (the verb form) is funny, because the person who catoned the joke often is not aware they have done so.

This term comes from the town of Canton in Central Illinois where people have a tendancy, due to life in such a provincial area, to miss high-brow humor and explain simple jokes with what they see as...jokes.
"He totally Cantoned that joke."

Example of Cantoning:
person "A": "This room smells like 15 kinds of ass."
person "B": "Yeah, almost like 20 kinds of ass!"

Example 2:

Person "A": "What's green and flies?"
Person "B": "Superpickle!"
*laughter ensues*
Canton person: "Yeah, hahaha, or super green bell pepper."
*everyone pauses and stares, looking awkwardly at one another*
Canton person: "Sorry, I work at Hy-Vee."
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Cantonine 

Cantonine is probably a twin, right handed and the ugly one of the twins. She probably has a boyfriend with the name Filip, they have been dating for 3,5 year or something. She's a snake, and is probably friend with Segen. (Also a snake, and moves a lot.) Cantonine is not someone to trust, if you see this stop being her friend..
guy one: is that cantonine? She's a snake!
¨
guy two: I know!
Cantonine by dontaskidunno August 27, 2020

Cantonine 

Cantonine is a pretty ugly person, she's right handed and she has a twin. (Her twin is always better than her and prettier.) Cantonine is probably dating a boy with the name Filip and they have been dating for at least 3,5 year. Cantonine is the most fake person you'll ever meet. She's probably friend with a person with name Segen and Segen is a snake, they both are. And they lie a lot, if you see this and know a Cantonine... Stop being her friend.
Guy one: Is that Cantonine, Filip's boyfriend?

Guy two: Ew, yeah. She's a snake tho.
Cantonine by dontaskidunno August 26, 2020
slip of the tongue perhaps,
Those idiots who drive around in a ridiculously raised pick up truck, making a top heavy vehicle even more top heavy and unstable
A:*gah*
B: "Whats the matter"
A: This dam prickup is blinding me.
B: Stupid thing's, as if there lights weren't blinding enough as it is.
prickup by lunasea September 28, 2009
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Person 2: No, he's a serial monogamist...
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