Morning word pondering: is the verb "deke" a Canadianism?
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Morning word pondering: is the verb "deke" a Canadianism?
Common usage examples:
"The cat was chasing me and I deked him out.""I was in the area anyway so I deked into the 7Eleven for a bag of chips."
The likely origin domain is hockey as in…
"Lafleur deked around the defenseman and put it into the net."@ottaross Certainly in regular usage among my childhood cohort in New Brunswick; mainly in the context of hockey, of course.
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Morning word pondering: is the verb "deke" a Canadianism?
Common usage examples:
"The cat was chasing me and I deked him out.""I was in the area anyway so I deked into the 7Eleven for a bag of chips."
The likely origin domain is hockey as in…
"Lafleur deked around the defenseman and put it into the net."@ottaross @troublewithwords I’ve heard/used the term here in the US, but yes, in a hockey adjacent context, so… maybe??
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@ottaross I think so, but if we use it enough, it'll spread into the internet like all the other Canadian and Toronto-isms that have caught on with the young'uns.
@mayintoronto yes, seems that way. Social media - the great cultural influencer.
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Morning word pondering: is the verb "deke" a Canadianism?
Common usage examples:
"The cat was chasing me and I deked him out.""I was in the area anyway so I deked into the 7Eleven for a bag of chips."
The likely origin domain is hockey as in…
"Lafleur deked around the defenseman and put it into the net."@ottaross I have heard it in New England north of Boston. It seems to only proliferate here in communities with a strong hockey tradition
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@ottaross Certainly in regular usage among my childhood cohort in New Brunswick; mainly in the context of hockey, of course.
@tantramar I recall the same. Funny, nowadays how often it involves pet interactions.
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Morning word pondering: is the verb "deke" a Canadianism?
Common usage examples:
"The cat was chasing me and I deked him out.""I was in the area anyway so I deked into the 7Eleven for a bag of chips."
The likely origin domain is hockey as in…
"Lafleur deked around the defenseman and put it into the net."@ottaross First time I hear of it.
What’s it supposed to mean?
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R relay@relay.infosec.exchange shared this topic
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@ottaross First time I hear of it.
What’s it supposed to mean?
@EdwinG it means al something like: "to employ quick unpredictable moves," as in when a player in a game maneuvers around an opponent.
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@tantramar I recall the same. Funny, nowadays how often it involves pet interactions.
@ottaross Also, can’t help thinking your choice of example — Lafleur — is indicative of us both being of a certain vintage.
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@ottaross I have heard it in New England north of Boston. It seems to only proliferate here in communities with a strong hockey tradition
@Brendan aha, interesting. A nucleus of usage gradually spreading in the community.
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@ottaross @troublewithwords I’ve heard/used the term here in the US, but yes, in a hockey adjacent context, so… maybe??
@octothorpe @troublewithwords interesting!
