Letterkenny: 17 Hysterical Slang Terms From The Show (& What They Mean) (2024)

For the comedy series set within a close-knit community, the unique Letterkenny slang like "pitter patter" has helped with the show's popularity. Created by series stars Jared Keeso and Jacob Tierney, the show began as a YouTube web series before being picked up by Canadian streaming service Crave in 2015 and then Hulu gave it U.S. distribution. As the pilot episode states, the town of Letterkenny consists of hicks, skids, hockey players, and more. But above all else, it consists of unique, memorable, and hysterical words and phrases, with 10-Ply and Freda meaning very different things.

By understanding the Letterkenny slang used throughout the show, audiences can enjoy another layer of the incredible comedy series. With season 11 of Letterkenny dropping on Hulu, fans get a welcome return to the unique humor and quirky fun of the Canadian comedy. One of the best things about Letterkenny is the comedy that comes from the slang that comes out of it and becomes tempting for viewers to use in their daily lives. From insults to hockey terms to some funny pop culture references, Letterkenny slang terms always remain memorable.

17 Let That One Marinate

Wayne Telling People To Calm Down

Even if some of the characters and lifestyles of Letterkenny can seem laidback, tempers often run high. With passionate opinions apt to turn into fights at any moment, wise words are needed towarn everyone to take a step back and think about how to proceed. When Wayne gets particularly annoyed, he'll state his opinion clearly and tell everyone "I suggest you let them one marinate."

Much like meat marinating in a sauce, he advises everyone to soak up what he's saying and not respond too hastily lest they meet his wrath. For those who are smart enough, they realize this is a warning and they need to think about what Wayne just said because if they keep pushing things, it won't be as pleasant as just an expressive metaphor. Most people who know Wayne realize that it is best to just leave things alone at this point.

16 10-Ply

Wayne Comparing How Tough He Is

There are some vicious insults thrown around on Letterkenny and most of them come from Wayne. With his tough guy attitude, it is no surprise that most of theseinsults seem to imply that other men in town are not so tough, leading to the shady use of "10-ply." When speaking of toilet paper, 2-ply is seen as soft toilet paper. For Wayne to call someone 10-ply, it is clear just how "soft" he thinks they are and how little respect he has for them.

It is a hilarious insult that goes back to the show's beginnings on YouTube. To understand how this is an insult, the meaning is clear. If 2-ply is soft toilet paper, then someone who is 10-ply is five times softer than 2-ply toilet paper, making them softer than soft, at least in Wayne's eyes. To him, anyone that he calls 10-ply is not only soft but also overly emotional and a pushover. This is an insult that might have seemed confusing to people, as 10 ply also refers to wood, but in this case, it is as soft as toilet paper.

15 5'11

Wayne Calling Someone Average

Wayne's talent for insulting others can take something that seems so inoffensive and turn it into some of the most biting criticism imaginable. When going after Reilly and Jonesy, he often calls them average, which eventually makes its way to telling them, "You're so 5'11, bud." This is the average height of a man, which by definition, would seem inoffensive, but Wayne uses it to show the dimwitted hockey players that there is nothing remarkable about them and nothing that stands out as special.

Wayne is someone who loves to insult people in the most unique manner possible. He will call them 10-ply to refer to them as being soft. However, it is not just soft, easily manipulated people that he has a problem with. Wayne also has a disdain for people who are happily average. For Wayne, being average is just as bad as being soft, and when he tells someone they are "so 5'11", he is basically telling them that there is nothing special about them, and they are no better or worse than anyone else.

14 Chorin'

Getting Work Done On The Farm

Each group of Letterkenny residents, from the hockey players to the "hicks," has their own slang that only relates to them. For the hicks like Squirrelly Dan, their life is mostly made up of "Chorin'," which is to say doing chores around the farm. Clearly, there are always endless things to get done around the farm. When it comes to the show, it includes things like gathering hay and letting it dry, which leads to another fun Letterkimmey term — "great day for hay."

As a result, it's one of the most common slang words that viewers will hear on Letterkenny, so it's a firm fan favorite. This is a term that has become not only a meme but an oft-repeated Letterkenny quote, with fans saying they are going "chorin" when they start doing work around the house. There are even shirts made with the term "Back to Chorin," paying clear homage to the popular Canadian television comedy.

13 Pitter Patter

Get To Work

Articulated frequently throughout the series by Wayne and his farming friends, the slogan is short for "Pitter-patter, let's get at 'er." It's a way of telling someone toget off their butt and get to whatever it is they should be doing, and the slogan makes for one of the best running gags on Letterkenny. The phrase perfectly encapsulates Wayne's character. The star of the show and never one to sit around procrastinating, Wayne is a man of action. When other people don't carry their weight, he gets impatient and delivers this line.

Whether it's chorin', fixing, or fighting, when something needs to be done in the town of Letterkenny, residents can always count on Wayne to get the job done. Of course, when he tells people to "pitter patter," they better get moving because if they keep waiting to get to work, he is likely to let them know what he thinks about it and tell them to "Let That One Marinate."

12 Let The Paint Dry

Wayne Warning People Not To Date Too Young

This expression comes from the fifth episode of season 3, titled "The Battle for Bonnie McMurray," in which several characters vie for the affection of the young and beautiful local bar server and cashier Bonnie McMurray. While Bonnie may be of age, she's still significantly younger than the characters trying to win her heart, prompting Wayne to suggest that they wait a tad longer before pursuing her.

His words fall on deaf ears, though, as his friends try in vain to woo Bonnie, who seems to only have eyes for the uninterested Wayne. This is a moment where it seems that Wayne is the only person on Letterkinny who has any sense about them. While Bonnie is of age, the fact that so many older guys are trying so hard to get with a young woman is creepy at best and mostly disturbing. When Wayne delivers this line, he is clearly letting them know that they are being gross because she is way too young for any of them.

11 Ferda

Playing Hockey As A Team Player

A recurring slogan of Reilly and Jonesy, two hockey-playing best friends rarely ever seen apart, "ferda" is an abbreviated form of "for the boys." It is one of many Letterkenny hockey slang terms that contribute to Letterkenny being one of the most hilarious Canadian comedy series. The expression doesn't have much to do with the male gender, as the "boys" in the slogan refers to the hockey team that Reilly and Jonesy play for.

Playing ferda means conducting one's actions in a way that benefits their team or group above themselves. This Letterkenny slang term is almost exclusively used by Jonesy (Andrew Herr) and Reilly (Dylan Playfair). They also use it when talking about either the hockey team championship or their own personal gains at the gym when working out. It is a fun term that expresses both teamwork and the two guys' bromance with each other.

10 Boat

A Championship

In both Letterkenny and the Shoresy spinoff series, there is a lot of pride in the local hockey team and the hope that they will bring home the championship. It is an obsession shared by Jonesy and Reilly when they are players as well as when they are coaches. This constant talk of bringing the trophy to Letterkenny results in a lot of talk about "the boat."

This is slang for a championship, as it can be shortened to the final syllable "ship" and it is not a big leap to then take it from "ship" to "boat," proving that these hockey players have a bit of creativity as well. Instead of winning a championSHIP, they want to win the BOAT, which to them is the same thing. However, there is also the idea that BOAT is also a form of GOAT, where instead of calling themselves the "greatest of all time," they could be vying for the "best of all time." Either way, it's about their obsession with winning it all.

9 The Native Flu

Faking An Illness To Get Out Of Something Scary

The concept of the Native Flu is introduced in the season 2 Letterkenny episode of the same title (episode 4) when the hockey team travels to the Rez (Native Canadian Reservation) to play against the local team. A notoriously violent and tough team to play against, the Natives are known to play a physically aggressive and punishing style of hockey, so it's not uncommon for players on opposing teams to fake illnesses to avoid playing against the Natives.

Therefore, the "Native Flu" refers to someone faking sick to get out of an unpleasant experience. In the episode, Reilly was arguing that they don't have the "native flu," but this caused Barts to ask if they are just a "fraidy-cat," and this leads to a back and forth between them about playing the game. The term proved to be so popular when they used it in this episode that it ended up as a recurring phrase used throughout the show to refer to people too scared to do something or compete against someone better than them.

8 Donkey Juice

A Favored Alcoholic Beverage Name

The drink of choice for most Letterkenny characters is a Puppers (beer) or Gus N' Bru (whiskey), but when someone wants to get as drunk as possible as quickly as possible, there's no substitute for Donkey Juice - a vile concoction made from whatever alcohols are available. The co*cktail has different names depending on the locale - hairy buffalo, trashcan punch, Purple Jesus, jungle juice.

No matter what someone calls it, drinking it is a quick way to get sick, especially when mixed with darts (cigarettes), electric lettuce (marijuana), booger sugar (cocaine), disco biscuits (MDMA), zoomers (mushrooms), or beans (methamphetamines). While the number of terms can be difficult to track if viewers do not pay attention, they make the dialogue even funnier and help to put Letterkenny among other great comedy shows to binge on Hulu.

7 Spit

Vomiting From Excessive Drinking

When Donkey Juice makes an appearance at the Christmas Party in Letterkenny, fans get introduced to a new term. Letterkenny likes to keep its holiday party classy and insists on no "spitting" until midnight. Spitting refers to vomiting from excessive drinking, and despite the rule about keeping it classy, many partygoers find themselves doing just that.

With Daryl warning that Donkey Juice makes him spit and Reilly casually telling Jonesy he was thinking of going to have a spit, it makes the act of vomiting seem much more acceptable. This is also a term that makes a very disgusting moment not as bad for the viewers, although all true Letterkenny fans know what it means. They can use the term to ease the moment and to possibly make sure that they don't gross other people out when they know they are about to get very sick while partying.

6 Flatulence (Various)

How To Describe The Bodily Function

Drinking too much Donkey Juice won't just make someone spit, it's also a good way to get some bad gas the following day, which the Letterkenny residents have several colorful ways of referring to. Air biscuits, ass flappers, colon bowling, rectal turbulence, steaming one's Calvins (jeans); whatever someone calls their flatulence, they should just be careful they don't accidentally mistake it for a King Cobra Coil (feces) or the scoots (diarrhea), which are great ways to scare off any women that might potentially be interested.

It is almost ridiculous how many different terms that the people from Letterkenny have to describe their flatulence. It is almost a game with the characters as they come up with the most bizarre, ridiculous, and sometimes offensive terms to describe something that most people just refer to as "farting." However, for these characters, that term is too crass and they want to come up with the most creative ways possible to refer to the moment, possibly just as a way to amuse themselves.

5 Attractive People (Various)

Different Names To Refer To Beautiful People

Not only do the Letterkenny characters have different terms to describe flatulence, but they also have several different terms they use to describe when they find someone attractive. A "rocket" is a term that usually refers to an attractive woman on the show, but it can be used to describe a beautiful person of any gender. Rockets are also referred to as "slams," "snipers," or "snipes," and when someone matches up with a snipe on a dating app like Tinder, they're a "swipey snipey."

Athletes in Letterkenny are known to be distracted from games by snipes in the crowd. A slam that's attracted to lacrosse players is a "lacrosstitute," while a rocket that's partial to hockey players is a "puck bunny," which can cause team infighting, as demonstrated in the second episode of season 3. Each of these terms is just used to describe someone who is "hot" — often to the point of being distracting or causing fights between the characters on the show.

4 Good Hockey Players (Various)

Different Names To Refer To Hockey Stars

Hockey is an important part of life in Canada, and the town of Letterkenny is no exception. Their local senior team, the Letterkenny Irish, is frequently discussed, and the more successful women's team, The Shamrockettes, is a major focus in seasons 5 and 6. A talented and well-liked hockey player is a "certified beautician," and one with silky smooth hair is a "Pantene pro."

To become a beaut, a player's got to be able to consistently light the lamp (score goals), and that means having the dirty dangles (stick-handling skills) to wheel, snipe, and celly (skate, shoot, and celebrate). It seems that the most important thing that the guys from Letterkenny debate is the terms they will use to describe these things that often have normal words that would work even better. However, how fun would Letterkenny be if they didn't come up with the most bizarre way to describe things with terms no one else in the world would ever think of using?

3 Bad Hockey Players (Various)

Different Names To Refer To Bad Hockey Players

No one's born a great player, they've got to "praccy like a donkey" (practice hard) to get there. There are few greater dishonors in Letterkenny than being bad at hockey, so there's no shortage of terms to serve as reminders. Rookies are "schmelts," and slow skaters are "plugs." They are "pylons" because they get skated around or "pheasants" because they're easy targets.

If someone doesn't get playing time, they're a "duster" or a "grocery stick" because they just separate forwards from defenders on the bench. Regardless of skill level, they'd better be ready to fight, so they can't be 10-ply, which means that they are five times softer than normal 2-ply toilet paper. These are often terms that the guys throw around at opponents and people that they have little to no respect for. They are not terms of endearment but insults that Letterkenny has created and that fans have adopted as insults to use around their own friends.

2 Fights (Various)

The Various Slang Terms For Fights On Letterkenny

In Letterkenny, fighting isn't just done in hockey; it's an important part of life. An episode without a fight is rare, as the pilot focuses on Wayne's attempts to give up fighting, only to see him fight several times in the following episode to be crowned the toughest guy in Letterkenny. Reilly and Jonesy like to pop their tarps (shirts) off for tilly time (a fight), but whether people call it a donnybrook, a scrap, or a dust-up, if they are in Letterkenny, they always need to be ready to drop the mitts (have a fight).

Other Letterkenny terms to describe fighting include bearcat (a person who fights with fierceness), chiclets (the teeth lost in a hockey fight), a donnybrook (a brawl or a fight involving more than two people), sandpaper (a tough hockey player recruited mostly for their fighting skills rather than playing skills - like Tyson), and suckered (a shortened term for sucker-punched before a fight starts).

1 Shirt Tucker

The Most Insulting Slang Terms

Most of the most vicious insults in Letterkenny come from the "hicks" ridiculing other groups, including and perhaps most directly the "skids" or "degens." But those insults can go both ways, as Stuart and his friends have some choice words for Wayne. They describe the hicks as "shirt tuckers," referring to the way Wayne tucks his shirt into his pants. It also suggests contempt for someone who feels the need to conform to polite or expected society.

This shows that Wayne might be the king of insults on the show, and he does have many ways to make fun of someone, but he is also the target of many of the insults as well. This is the most disparaging term used against the Hicks and often leads to some big fights on the show. However, interestingly, as the seasons wore on, this insult didn't seem to bother the Hicks anymore, likely because Wayne didn't care what anyone thought of him and let it roll off his shoulders after he let it "marinate" for a while.

Letterkenny

Sitcom

Comedy

Letterkenny is a comedy series that was conceptualized as a YouTube show before later being picked up for television. Set in rural Ontario, Letterkenny follows two siblings who run a family farm but deals with several various quirky characters' lives that range from Mennonites, hockey players, and gym fanatics in increasingly comical situations.

Cast

Jared Keeso

Release Date

February 7, 2018

Seasons

11