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Tête carrée 

1. A French-language slur used against Anglophones in Quebec. It means square head used particularly often against Anglophones who know little French. Commonly used in Eastern Montreal where individuals may be perceived as anti-French for two reasons:

a) It is often assumed that Anglophones are native Montrealers; use of English in this area may be perceived as having an anti-French connotation.

b) Because Francophones in Quebec must take English in school, it is assumed by some Francophones that Anglophones in other parts of Canada should be taking French, and that ignorance of French means a rejection of its importance by these people. It is not widely understood in Quebec that in some areas of Canada students may choose to study a local minority second language.

An Anglophone who tries to order food at a restaurant or ask for help in a shop using English or stumbling French may overhear the term used against them.

2. Used by Francophones against Anglophone bigots and by Francophone bigots against Anglophones. Francophone bigots tend to think that all English Canadians are a homogeneous mass of hateful French-bashers... Rather than a diverse group of people who are mostly quite enamoured with the beauty and culture of La Belle Province.

Because the term is a physical-stereotype, it can be seen as a "racializing slur."

3. The term can be seen as a counterpoint to the term "frog", which is mostly used by Anglophone bigots against Francophones.
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1: Tête carrée:
"Regarde-le donc à la caisse! Un autre tête carré!"
"Look at him at the checkout! Another square-head!"
(For example: This is something you can sometimes overhear at a McDonald's in Montreal-Est, when an Anglophone tries to order but has trouble with the the French names of the items on the menu).
Tête carrée by SuperMétis February 26, 2011
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Tête carrée 

An English-Canadian bigot, an obtuse and arrogant person convinced of his/her innate superiority over anyone who isn't white, Anglo-Saxon and Protestant. Someone nostalgic of an era when British colonial rule had spread worldwide. Clusters of Tête carrées can be found in Montréal (West-Island) and more specifically the borough of Westmount.

Origins remain vague.
Regarde-le donc, un autre tête carré.
Tête carrée by Stéphane Viau February 10, 2005

Tête carrée 

French Canadian slang for an English Canadian person, from the fact that the British erected blockhouses to pacify the populate after taking over New France.
Eh bien, c'est un tête carrée, ce monsieur Smith.
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Baby raptor carrier 

Any front facing baby carrier when used with a child approaching or past his first birthday.
Carlos brought his kid into the office again. He's carrying him around in his baby raptor carrier. I got too close and almost lost an eye to one of the swinging talons. Shouldn't that kid be in kindergarten by now?

dream carrier 

A person who is willingly living out the dream of another person who is unable to fulfil the given dream for any reason. They can either bring a dream into reality or finish what was already started. A dream carrier does NOT throw aside their own ambitions to fulfil those of others but instead uses them to increase their own personal drive to accomplish the goals that were set.
MLK Sr was an early figure in the American Civil Rights Movement. His son, MLK Jr became his dream carrier, and he finished what his father started.
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antonio fernandez carriedo

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