Silver and Gold Magazine Winter 2019/2020 | Page 27
Leave a Lasting Gift
for Child Amputees
A charitable estate donation in
your will makes a difference in
the lives of child amputees like
Jaelynn. A donor’s family writes:
See Dr. Brown’s excellent analysis of adults playing, through his YouTube
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YOU SAID WHAT?
T oday’s youth have expressions and sayings that seem to
form a language of their own – such as tru dat, hey bruh, it’s
lit, and BRB, but we too had a language of our own! Do you
remember these expressions?
• wet sock - limp handshake
• happy cabbage - lump of money to be spent on self
• in the ketchup - in the red/in debt
• a pine overcoat - a coffin
• pretzel bender - a heavy drinker/a peculiar person
• cat-lap - a weak drink/choosing tea instead of a drink
• mafficking - noisy nonsense on the streets
• cop a mouse - to get a black eye
• don’t sell me a dog - don’t lie to me
• a rain napper - an umbrella
• whooperups -people who can’t sing (but try to)
• bricky - without fear/you’re appreciated
• chuckaboo - someone you love
• full as a tick - drunk
• off his kadoova - acting crazy
• happy returns - vomiting
• cluck and grunt - ham and eggs
• on the hoof - rear meat
“Laughter may not add years to
your life, but it surely adds
life to your years.”
“My uncle was a very special man
with a generous heart and he
couldn’t think of a worthier cause
than helping child amputees.
He knew you would use this
money well to bring smiles to
children’s faces and make their
challenges easier.”
Please contact us for more information.
1 800 465-2677 • [email protected] • waramps.ca
Charitable Registration No.: 13196 9628 RR0001
Retirement Miramichi offers a wide variety of rental homes
with a size and style to suit your budget and lifestyle.
With rents as low as $600/month, you’ll have more time and
money in your pocket to do the things you want to do.
– Anonymous
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