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 6, 2011
Those canucks sure say eh and sorry alot...what is up with that? No wonder everyone just wants to go and squeak their cheeks...they're just too cute...albeit monotonous...LOL.
Canadian nickname
Canadian nickname
by TheBigCanucklehead March 15, 2015
by left4ded March 24, 2005
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