WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.090 --> 00:00:02.980 One of the best moments ever was when I was like 17, 2 00:00:02.980 --> 00:00:04.210 and Drake took a photo with me, 3 00:00:04.210 --> 00:00:07.630 and captioned the photo with me Pickering Gawd. 4 00:00:07.630 --> 00:00:09.350 It really meant a lot to me and Pickering. 5 00:00:09.350 --> 00:00:10.183 What's up, Vanity Fair? 6 00:00:10.183 --> 00:00:12.020 I'm Shawn Mendes, and I'm here to teach you. 7 00:00:12.020 --> 00:00:14.180 I'm gonna try to teach you some Pickering slang. 8 00:00:14.180 --> 00:00:15.147 Let's do it. 9 00:00:15.147 --> 00:00:17.926 [upbeat pop music] 10 00:00:17.926 --> 00:00:19.130 Ajax. 11 00:00:19.130 --> 00:00:21.280 line:15% Ajax is a town very close to Pickering. 12 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:24.730 line:15% My grandma and my aunt and my cousins live in Ajax. 13 00:00:24.730 --> 00:00:27.360 line:15% It's the newer version of Pickering. 14 00:00:27.360 --> 00:00:29.010 line:15% It's the little brother to Pickering. 15 00:00:29.010 --> 00:00:31.410 line:15% So yeah, Ajax is cool. 16 00:00:31.410 --> 00:00:32.243 line:15% I'm not from there, 17 00:00:32.243 --> 00:00:34.700 line:15% so I won't say it's better than Pickering, though. 18 00:00:34.700 --> 00:00:35.720 Mickey? 19 00:00:35.720 --> 00:00:37.140 line:15% I thought that was a world thing. 20 00:00:37.140 --> 00:00:40.060 line:15% A Mickey is a flask-sized bottle of liquor, 21 00:00:40.060 --> 00:00:41.140 line:15% a Mickey of vodka. 22 00:00:41.140 --> 00:00:43.240 line:15% Yeah, my mom's British, and she always said Mickey, 23 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:44.740 line:15% so I always just thought it was her, 24 00:00:44.740 --> 00:00:47.690 line:15% but maybe it was her being Canadian. 25 00:00:47.690 --> 00:00:49.450 line:15% You get a Mickey, and then you can get a two-six, 26 00:00:49.450 --> 00:00:51.740 line:15% which is the bigger bottle. 27 00:00:51.740 --> 00:00:53.373 line:15% Two-six of Ciroc. 28 00:00:54.470 --> 00:00:55.900 line:15% I've been in the US, and I've been like, 29 00:00:55.900 --> 00:00:57.330 line:15% we should get a two-six of something, 30 00:00:57.330 --> 00:01:00.830 line:15% and then people have no idea what I'm talking about. 31 00:01:00.830 --> 00:01:02.700 line:15% The GO Train is basically the train 32 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:06.220 line:15% that you can take from Pickering to downtown Toronto. 33 00:01:06.220 --> 00:01:08.560 line:15% If you wanna go see a Leafs game, 34 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:10.760 line:15% or you wanna go see a Blue Jays game, 35 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:14.170 line:15% or you wanna go see Drake at the Scotiabank Arena, 36 00:01:14.170 --> 00:01:15.887 line:15% it's whatever you choose. 37 00:01:15.887 --> 00:01:17.283 Famous Players. 38 00:01:17.283 --> 00:01:22.283 line:15% Famous Players is the theater in the Pickering Town Centre. 39 00:01:22.610 --> 00:01:24.330 line:15% I don't even know if it's a Famous Players anymore. 40 00:01:24.330 --> 00:01:25.810 line:15% I think they turned it into something else, 41 00:01:25.810 --> 00:01:28.490 line:15% but Famous Players on Tuesday, 42 00:01:28.490 --> 00:01:30.890 line:15% you could go and watch a movie for like $4.99 43 00:01:30.890 --> 00:01:33.243 line:15% when I was a kid, and that's what we did. 44 00:01:34.704 --> 00:01:36.250 line:15% I think I might've had one 45 00:01:36.250 --> 00:01:38.390 line:15% of my first kisses in that Famous Players. 46 00:01:38.390 --> 00:01:40.320 Snowbirds is somebody who goes 47 00:01:40.320 --> 00:01:41.730 line:15% to Florida for the winter. 48 00:01:41.730 --> 00:01:43.751 line:15% So like me, 'cause I'm in Miami right now. 49 00:01:43.751 --> 00:01:44.584 line:15% [laughs] 50 00:01:44.584 --> 00:01:46.740 line:15% And yeah, so that's a snowbird, 51 00:01:46.740 --> 00:01:50.440 line:15% is if you just go to Canada and reap the benefits of summer, 52 00:01:50.440 --> 00:01:53.750 line:15% and you leave during the winter, I don't know. 53 00:01:53.750 --> 00:01:54.620 line:15% I don't know if you can do that. 54 00:01:54.620 --> 00:01:57.190 line:15% I'm dying to get back home to that cold weather. 55 00:01:57.190 --> 00:02:00.380 line:15% If you're a loafter, I have a few loafter friends. 56 00:02:00.380 --> 00:02:02.680 line:15% My friend Brian is a huge loafter. 57 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:05.070 line:15% It's like when you're trying to go do something, 58 00:02:05.070 --> 00:02:06.930 line:15% and they're just taking forever, 59 00:02:06.930 --> 00:02:08.780 line:15% and they're loafting around the place, 60 00:02:08.780 --> 00:02:11.420 line:15% and they're just not sure what they want to do, 61 00:02:11.420 --> 00:02:12.970 line:15% or they're trying to get things to bring. 62 00:02:12.970 --> 00:02:13.803 line:15% They don't know what they're doing. 63 00:02:13.803 --> 00:02:14.700 line:15% They're just loafting. 64 00:02:14.700 --> 00:02:17.720 line:15% They're just taking their time, too much time. 65 00:02:17.720 --> 00:02:22.720 line:15% Pioneer Village is a school trip go-to, 66 00:02:23.480 --> 00:02:25.930 line:15% and I remember Pioneer Village, 67 00:02:25.930 --> 00:02:30.790 line:15% because they gave you bread and jam, 68 00:02:30.790 --> 00:02:33.750 line:15% and that's what I remember about Pioneer Village. 69 00:02:33.750 --> 00:02:35.190 line:15% I think you go in fifth grade, 70 00:02:35.190 --> 00:02:37.150 line:15% and they teach you about the pioneers, 71 00:02:37.150 --> 00:02:38.660 line:15% and they teach you about the natives, 72 00:02:38.660 --> 00:02:41.812 line:15% and they give you bread and jam, 73 00:02:41.812 --> 00:02:43.650 line:15% and it was a lovely experience. 74 00:02:43.650 --> 00:02:44.712 line:15% I highly recommend it 75 00:02:44.712 --> 00:02:47.750 line:15% if you ever find yourself in Pickering. 76 00:02:47.750 --> 00:02:51.020 line:15% Beauty, a beauty is like, for instance, 77 00:02:51.020 --> 00:02:55.660 line:15% if [laughs] you do anything that is good for your boys, 78 00:02:55.660 --> 00:02:57.760 line:15% they'll call you a beauty. 79 00:02:57.760 --> 00:03:00.580 line:15% I don't know how else to exactly explain that, 80 00:03:00.580 --> 00:03:04.160 line:15% but "That guy's a beauty" means that guy's such a good guy. 81 00:03:04.160 --> 00:03:05.470 line:15% He's just a beauty, you know? 82 00:03:05.470 --> 00:03:06.800 line:15% He's a good guy. 83 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:07.691 line:15% What you sayin'? 84 00:03:07.691 --> 00:03:08.920 line:15% Bro, what are you saying? 85 00:03:08.920 --> 00:03:10.040 line:15% Bro, what are you saying? 86 00:03:10.040 --> 00:03:13.430 line:15% I mean, my friends completely abandoned "What's up?" 87 00:03:13.430 --> 00:03:15.310 line:15% probably 10 years ago. 88 00:03:15.310 --> 00:03:18.070 line:15% The only thing we ever say is "What are you saying?" 89 00:03:18.070 --> 00:03:22.890 line:15% or even more so from just WYS, what you saying? 90 00:03:22.890 --> 00:03:23.880 line:15% Which is like, "What's going on? 91 00:03:23.880 --> 00:03:24.770 line:15% What are you doing?" 92 00:03:24.770 --> 00:03:25.864 line:15% That's jokes. 93 00:03:25.864 --> 00:03:28.031 line:15% [laughs] 94 00:03:28.870 --> 00:03:29.710 line:15% So funny. 95 00:03:29.710 --> 00:03:32.300 line:15% That's jokes is basically exactly what that sounds like. 96 00:03:32.300 --> 00:03:33.133 line:15% That's hilarious. 97 00:03:33.133 --> 00:03:34.850 line:15% That's jokes. 98 00:03:34.850 --> 00:03:36.093 line:15% No way, that's jokes. 99 00:03:36.093 --> 00:03:37.370 line:15% [laughs] 100 00:03:37.370 --> 00:03:40.030 line:15% The saying That's jokes is pretty jokes. 101 00:03:40.030 --> 00:03:45.030 line:15% A BeaverTail is the most famous Canadian pastry. 102 00:03:47.289 --> 00:03:49.380 line:15% You can get them in Ottawa, 103 00:03:49.380 --> 00:03:51.070 line:15% and they sell them on the side of the road, 104 00:03:51.070 --> 00:03:52.450 line:15% and it looks like a Beaver tail, 105 00:03:52.450 --> 00:03:53.320 line:15% but it's just a pastry, 106 00:03:53.320 --> 00:03:56.600 line:15% and you get cinnamon and sugar put on it. 107 00:03:56.600 --> 00:03:57.540 line:15% Darts. 108 00:03:57.540 --> 00:03:59.270 line:15% Darts are gross. 109 00:03:59.270 --> 00:04:00.400 line:15% Darts are cigarettes. 110 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:02.050 line:15% If someone's smoking a dart in the backyard, 111 00:04:02.050 --> 00:04:03.880 line:15% they're smoking cigarettes in the backyard. 112 00:04:03.880 --> 00:04:05.590 line:15% I love being Canadian. 113 00:04:05.590 --> 00:04:07.630 line:15% I love these words that we use. 114 00:04:07.630 --> 00:04:08.463 Guy. 115 00:04:08.463 --> 00:04:09.296 line:15% Yo, guy. 116 00:04:09.296 --> 00:04:12.940 line:15% Guy is pretty much the most common used word 117 00:04:12.940 --> 00:04:15.543 line:15% I've ever heard in Pickering, or just in Toronto, 118 00:04:16.470 --> 00:04:19.830 line:15% and it's like the way you just call a guy 119 00:04:19.830 --> 00:04:21.290 line:15% that you don't know. 120 00:04:21.290 --> 00:04:22.750 line:15% You just say "Yo, guy!" 121 00:04:22.750 --> 00:04:25.547 line:15% Or, I mean, my friends call me guy, like, 122 00:04:25.547 --> 00:04:26.897 line:15% "What are you saying, guy?" 123 00:04:28.220 --> 00:04:31.843 line:15% And then my neighbor's name is actually spelled G-U-Y, 124 00:04:32.710 --> 00:04:35.600 line:15% and he texted me, saying, "What's up, it's Guy." 125 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:36.433 line:15% And I thought he was kidding, 126 00:04:36.433 --> 00:04:38.900 line:15% but it's actually pronounced Gee. 127 00:04:38.900 --> 00:04:41.210 line:15% What's up, Guy, if you ever watch this. 128 00:04:41.210 --> 00:04:42.863 line:15% The washroom is the bathroom. 129 00:04:43.740 --> 00:04:44.980 line:15% That's a weird one. 130 00:04:44.980 --> 00:04:47.110 line:15% I went to America and I asked where the washroom was, 131 00:04:47.110 --> 00:04:50.150 line:15% and people were pretty confused by that, 132 00:04:50.150 --> 00:04:51.900 line:15% although I don't understand why, 133 00:04:51.900 --> 00:04:53.890 line:15% 'cause it makes sense still. 134 00:04:53.890 --> 00:04:55.970 line:15% That's what people say when you tell them 135 00:04:55.970 --> 00:04:57.150 line:15% that you're from Pickering, 136 00:04:57.150 --> 00:05:00.240 line:15% instead of saying Toronto, and that's why I say Toronto, 137 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:02.330 line:15% but that's why it's good to be bringing up Pickering. 138 00:05:02.330 --> 00:05:04.390 Durham Region Transit is, 139 00:05:04.390 --> 00:05:06.530 line:15% I guess, like the public transit of Durham Region, 140 00:05:06.530 --> 00:05:08.850 line:15% and Durham Region is the mama bear 141 00:05:08.850 --> 00:05:12.670 line:15% of Pickering and Ajax, and yeah. 142 00:05:12.670 --> 00:05:15.230 line:15% Timmies is another way of saying Tim Horton's, 143 00:05:15.230 --> 00:05:17.827 line:15% which is like, "You want some Timmies, bro?" 144 00:05:18.890 --> 00:05:21.480 line:15% Although I don't know if I ever asked my bros 145 00:05:21.480 --> 00:05:23.010 line:15% if they want Timmies. 146 00:05:23.010 --> 00:05:24.617 line:15% That's like something my mom would say, she would say, 147 00:05:24.617 --> 00:05:27.227 line:15% "Hey, I'm passing by Timmies, do you want some?" 148 00:05:28.400 --> 00:05:29.600 line:15% And I always say yes. 149 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:32.270 line:15% Tim's is a long-time old friend of all Canadians. 150 00:05:32.270 --> 00:05:33.240 Toque. 151 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:37.320 line:15% A toque is basically what we call a winter hat, 152 00:05:37.320 --> 00:05:38.310 line:15% like a beanie. 153 00:05:38.310 --> 00:05:41.040 line:15% I guess you in America, you guys call them beanies. 154 00:05:41.040 --> 00:05:43.130 line:15% That's called a toque in Canada. 155 00:05:43.130 --> 00:05:46.297 line:15% Bare is basically, if you're like, 156 00:05:46.297 --> 00:05:47.510 line:15% "I don't know if we have enough food," 157 00:05:47.510 --> 00:05:49.190 line:15% and then you're trying to reassure your friend 158 00:05:49.190 --> 00:05:50.023 line:15% that you have enough food. 159 00:05:50.023 --> 00:05:51.480 line:15% You go, "Bro, there's bare food. 160 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:52.313 line:15% We're good. 161 00:05:52.313 --> 00:05:54.730 line:15% We got bare food," which means a lot of food, 162 00:05:54.730 --> 00:05:58.070 line:15% and that's used for basically every single, 163 00:05:58.070 --> 00:06:00.820 line:15% we don't say it a lot in Canada, me and my friends, 164 00:06:00.820 --> 00:06:01.795 line:15% which is bare. 165 00:06:01.795 --> 00:06:05.380 line:15% Scarberia, a way to say Scarborough, Scarberia. 166 00:06:05.380 --> 00:06:07.180 line:15% A lot of people will say Scarbs too. 167 00:06:08.850 --> 00:06:10.737 line:15% No one says you're from the borough, though. 168 00:06:10.737 --> 00:06:11.570 line:15% [laughs] 169 00:06:11.570 --> 00:06:13.270 line:15% If someone's like, "Whose mans?" 170 00:06:13.270 --> 00:06:18.060 line:15% It's really when if you're in a public place, 171 00:06:18.060 --> 00:06:21.960 line:15% and your friend is being weird 172 00:06:21.960 --> 00:06:24.010 line:15% or doing something uncomfortable, 173 00:06:24.010 --> 00:06:27.300 line:15% or something really obnoxious, 174 00:06:27.300 --> 00:06:29.170 line:15% maybe you'd just be like, "Whose mans is this? 175 00:06:29.170 --> 00:06:30.620 line:15% Whose mans?" 176 00:06:30.620 --> 00:06:34.660 line:15% And you kind of disassociate from being with that guy, 177 00:06:34.660 --> 00:06:35.600 line:15% 'cause he's being weird. 178 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:37.350 line:15% It's kind of mean, but it's not meant in a mean way. 179 00:06:37.350 --> 00:06:39.710 line:15% It's more endearing when someone says "Whose mans?" 180 00:06:39.710 --> 00:06:43.670 line:15% It's funny, I think, to Canadians. 181 00:06:43.670 --> 00:06:45.160 Thank you so much, Vanity Fair. 182 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:48.140 I hope I taught you some very important Pickering slang 183 00:06:48.140 --> 00:06:49.930 that you'll be able to use for the rest of your life, 184 00:06:49.930 --> 00:06:51.270 if you go to Pickering. 185 00:06:51.270 --> 00:06:53.910 It's getting cold, so please put your toque on.