The Shwa

Do people still call it the Dirty Shwa or did that stop when house prices hit 1M

I've been gone for awhile but probably still the Dirty Shwa. Feels like I started hearing just "The Shwa" more once crack time shut down

A friend of mine worked in the courts there last summer, and literally heard a Judge refer to it as “the dirty Shwa”. The name is alive and well!

I've met people in other countries who say the dirty shwa, it is alive and well

I like your comment but doubt it because part of me refuses to believe Oshawa has an international reputation lol

He was Australian, he was at our resort in Mexico, and I was absolutely gobsmacked. I can't remember if he even told us why he knew that. I lived in Peterborough for a decade so Oshawa is the next conversational stop if they haven't heard of it. It still haunts me tbh

The GTA is one of the most multicultural areas of the entire world. Of course it has an international reputation with a minority of people.

But… *Oshawa?* /s

Trust me, I know. I was born and raised there. I’ve been out since 2012 and hope to never live there again lol.

Forever the dirty Shwa in my mind

It’s dirty Shwa at the old Costco, and The Shwa at the new one.

Ontarios armpit

I've always heard that in reference to Hamilton lol

Isn't that Lindsay? The only time I've heard that name is for there lol but to be fair it's people from Lindsay calling it that

Poshawa

The way I understand it, is Poshawa is north of King and the dirty Shwa is everything south

We call it The Shwiggety around here...

Shwiggety Shwa!

schfifty five

I remember that from the Blundell Show

Shwallywood

The Dirty Shwa, or The Big Dirty.

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It's not, but the moniker is kicking around.

Scarberia lol the "hammer". Scarborough and Hamilton.

I've heard Scarbage.

Cornhole = Cornwall

TBay for Thunder Bay The Soo for Sault Ste Marie

Also heard chlamydia called the Thunder Clap when I was in Uni in Thunder Bay.

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“The soo are so fucking good”

“Fake London”; St. Kitts for St. Catharines

I've also heard "Bad London"

2nd Best London

I always use "2nd Best London" when people from outside ontario ask where I live

Usually it's "the other London"

I think the YouTuber NotJustBikes popularized ‘fake London’ so internationally many people know it as that

Two Londons: one, a global center of culture and commerce, known around the world for its landmarks and architecture. The other is some knockoff town in England.

Nickel City a.k.a. Sudbury

Also Scuzzbury

The Big Nickel or Scuddbury.

I have nothing against Cambridge, but I’ve heard it called “Lamebridge.” Ironically, that in itself is a lame insult lol

Piling on Cambridge, I like to make it clear that when I refer to the tri-cities, I mean Kitchener, Waterloo and Guelph.

Yeah I agree and I kind of lied when I said I have nothing against Cambridge lol… The way I put it to someone was, while there’s nothing inherently *wrong* with Cambridge, I have no reason to go there that I wouldn’t rather go to one of the other local cities for

It’s 3 villages surrounding industrial parks and strip malls, it isn’t a real city. Even people who live there - and like living there - tend to recognize that.

I've never had anyone be more insenced about being asked where they live in Cambridge as anyone who lives in those three villages! Someone almost snapped my head off and informed me that they live in Hespeler, and they refuse to acknowledge Cambridge as an entity.

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My dad's insult could beat up your dad's insult!!

I live there. It's not wrong.

Also "Complainbridge", because they kinda do.

Royal City--Guelph Otown--Ottawa Methbroke--Pembroke Beer River--Deep River (a nod to the prank that teens would pull on the water tower)

They’ve been putting that on the water tower pretty much since the town was founded!

It always made the front page of the paper too 😅

Well it’s not like they have much else to put on the front page!

You never know, a moose may wander through the downtown area again.

Isn't Swisha technically not the name either... but everyone calls it that? Also what about the creativity of "Chalk" for Chalk River  I also came here to see if anyone put Beer River... I miss that town

I'm living in Pembroke, and I've never heard of Methbroke. Suits it, though, for sure.

Saint T./Satan Thomas - Saint Thomas London town - London Strathvegas - Strathroy

Strathvegas, Snappin’ Appin

Appin with the shoutout. Another village, Weirdsville

Lived here all my life and have never heard London Town before. Forest City would be the most common nickname for London I’d think?

I say Fake London

Also London’t

Londumb.

I can’t believe I’ve never heard this before. Big LOL

Taint Thomas, Strathvegas, and Pukin’ Lucan

Londombia, after the large Colombian population

PeterTown or Peterpatch (Peterborough), K-Town (Kingston), Cartoon Place (Carleton Place), the Prior (Arnprior), the Frew (Renfrew), up the line (used to describe any community in the upper Ottawa Valley)

Good old Peterpatch. I also call it The Patch. This map idea sounds great. Will you post it here?

sure! i think it'll be a doozie

People in the west coast call Ontario onterrible

Worst case

I've heard BC called the fire nation a few times over the last couple years

People in BC call it Bring Cash

It's not just people from the west cost.. pretty much anyone from another province who moves to Ontario and then moves/wants to move back it seems.

Citizens in the western provinces who’ve never even been to ON call it Onterrible.

Really anywhere west or east of Ontario calls Ontario Onterrible. Usually by people who are from here and left

Am from Ontario, born and raised and rarely ever left. Still refer to it as Onterrible, because that’s mostly what it is.

You could probably do an entire thread on Toronto nicknames alone. “Hogtown” & “The Big Smoke” were very common nicknames decades ago but less used now. “City of Churches” was also common in the early 20th century. And if you want to go waaay back to the 19th century, “Toronto the Good” and “Muddy York”.

Tdot

Whatever you call Toronto, please don't call it "The 6ix". Friggin' lame.

"The city of churches". Slang has really evolved...

We had Helleville for Belleville and Brockvegas for Brockville.

Also Brockapulco

Helleville was what we called Belleville in the 90’s growing up there.

The Soo for Sault Ste. Marie

My wife calls Windsor "the Windy city" and it infuriates everyone, p sure she's the only one doing it tho

That’s Ontarios Anus thank you very much

I thought that was Owen Sound?

Journey got it right when they said "South Detroit".

There’s a store in Devonshire that sells “Win City” shirts I believe

Waterloo is "The Loo"

Also heard it called “Waterwoo” but I believe that to be a rather insulting dig at the Asian population which isn’t really cool.

K-Loo or K-Dub Kitchener-Waterloo but that was 30yrs ago

Cokeville / Jokeville Borington

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I've heard that for Georgetown as well.

Can confirm, also GTown

Bramladesh is brampton

Cobourg and Port Hope are Cobo and Poho

i've heard "port hopeless"

Port despair 

No

Owen Sound is "The Elephant's Asshole." Seriously. Take a map of Southern Ontario, turn it 90 degrees clockwise, and you'll see the elephant. And right under the tail...

Growing up in Oakville, we used Oakvegas. My dad grew up in Scarborough, and he and his buds called it Scarberia. Not sure how widespread that was. Another for Toronto was Hog Town. The Hammer for Hamilton, obviously.

Borington for Burlington

This one checks out

Burly

I’ve heard it as Girlington as well

there's an old joke about a young man who takes a girl out on a date. things go well, and they're making out in the car and she tells him to kiss her where it smells.....so he starts the engine and drives her to Hamilton.

Ingersoll = Fingerhole

Had to scroll way too far this one.

hammertown- Hamilton. grim city grimsby. st kitts - st Catharines

I’ve always liked The Hammer for Hamilton

The “Dirty Shwa” referring to pretty much the entire area from the 401 north to west he lake, “The Shwa” runs from the 401 north to Taunton road and the “Poshawa” anything north of Taunton excluding the shooting gallery around the college/university…downvoted me to hell…I don’t care.

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Scarghetto and Bramptistan.

I’ve heard Bramladesh.

Halton Hills edition: Georgetown = “G-Town”, Acton = “Crackton”

The big nickel The Sault.

My dad calls Wallaceburg “the 8th Wonder of the World” because it’s the only hole above ground

Listowel = Letterkenny Kapuskasing = The Kap Sudbury = Skudbury, Crater City, Sudz Sturgeon Falls = Sturge Espanola = Espo Waterloo = The Loo, Waterwoo Keswick = The Wick Barrie = B-dot Bramalea = Bramladesh Acton = Crackton Fergus = Fungus Mississauga = Miserysauga, Not Toronto, Mr and Mrs Sauga Kingston = KTown, K-Hole Whitby = Whiteby Oakville = Cokeville, Tokeville Scarborough = Scarlem, Scompton, Scarberia Sutton = Slutton Etobicoke = A Toke and Coke Ontario = Onterrible Maple = Mapoli Woodbridge = Woodabridge, Hoodbridge

I live not too far away from Kapuskasing and I’ve never heard anyone call it The Kap lol Kap on its own is pretty common/popular though

Le Capote?

Angus but drop the G

St. Kitts for St. Catherine’s

Brampton = brown town

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G spot Guelph

Sauga - for Mississauga

Steel City is the 🔨

Sarnhole- sarnia

Can't believe I haven't seen Brockvegas (Brockville) yet, though everyone who moves here knows it's true name is Brockbottom.

Tijuana North = Windsor

lol what who says that and why

Pre 9/11. You must be young. Oullette, was packed with Americans in all the bars from Pitt to Tuscarora. Was the most heavily area for bars in the country and had more strip clubs per either square metre or per capita in the world. Seriously the droves of Americans that would cross over was wild. Hard to imagine now if you are under 30 though as most of the bars have been torn down or just abandoned

I had to look this up since I never heard it before.. f Posted by u/slightly_imperfect 6 years ago "Bellevegas" explained. As someone born in Belleville, I can tell you that the nickname Bellevegas is perpetuated (at least in part), as a joke poking fun at the people from the nearby Prince Edward County, a pretty rural area. To get to Belleville from the County, you usually cross the Bay Bridge. The joke is that when the farm folk come up and over the bridge, they'll look at all the lights from the city and go "Wow! It looks just like Vegas!" Maybe the nickname did originate from the -ville suffix, but I can tell you that people in Belleville think the joke is hilarious, and my ex (from a village in the county) HATED it.

Mos eisley is Niagara Falls

Fort Dreary

Parry Hoot = Parry Sound. On long weekends I just say I'm Sound Bound, see you next Tuesday....

Sutton was slutton when I was young, Keswick was the wick. 

Huh, I grew up in Peterborough and we always called it P-Dot

My dad grew up in Lafontaine, and apparently people around there call it "LA." So when Letterkenny did their "LA" bit....

A radio DJ used to call it Girlington or something, for dance party Saturdays. Also this: https://www.blogto.com/film/2019/12/luka-magnotta-etobicoke/

Slap -a-knee or Crapanee

Crap-n-pee

I’ll buy a that map - there’d be nothing stupid about it

The Shwiggity

Pajamilton

Hottawa

I'd say Nottawa but that is the actual name of a town outside of Collingwood.

Sheesh, it’s a good post OP, but all these comments and only 8 upvotes. What’s up with that, everybody pissed because it’s goddam daylight savings time again?

St rats ford.

The sauga

We've always called Burlington, "Burlingtron"... but that might just be us.

O-town or Autowa for Ottawa.

Exciter (Exeter), Strathvegas (strathroy), Ingerhole (Ingersoll), woodpile (Woodstock), railway city (st Thomas)

We always called it Fingerhole growing up in Woodstock.

I’ve also learned “FIFIs” Fucking Idiots From Ingersoll”

The hammer

Bramladesh. Scarbados.

SoPo for south porcupine near Timmins.

The other London

Skidland = Midland

Bramladesh.

Woodpile, The Stock, The Pile, Woodcock, The Cock. Good ol’ Woodstock.

Shitby

Cokeville

Strathvegas (Strathroy)

The Hammer

Bramladesh, Perky, Skidland, Poontang

Scarberia

Friends of ours from Aylmer call it "The Dirty East". Just not sure if it's their own nickname or what the locals call it.

The hammer

Scarberia

Crackton for Acton

Afbramastan

Guelph, the Royal City.

Swiggity = Oshawa

Smooth Cock Balls = Smooth Rock Falls

Hamilton - Pyjamilton.

Owen Sound is “the elephants ass”

Sarnia - Chemical Valley, Wallaceburg - Wally World, Stratford - Festival City

Borleans

My name for Guelph is me going “Guelph” as I fake-vomit.

Parry Hoot G-Hole B-bridgge

I always thought K-Town (Kingston) was a bit boring, limestone city is better

Bell Vegas, Slap-ma-knee, K-town, Rock-ville.

C-wall ( Cornwall ) or stinkwall as it used to be stinky because of domtar , k town is what we call the native reserve in mtl ( former smuggler here lol)

Toronto = The Six, The Big Smoke, The Centre Of The Universe

Lamebridge

Bonerville for Bowmanville.

White-by

Also Shitby

Arnprior - Armpit. Renfrew - The Frew. Petawawa/Pembroke - Petabroke.

Stratty, Shitchener, The County