Newfie joke

noun

A brief, humorous, often ridiculous story, the tone of which may range from playful to deeply offensive, which depicts Newfoundlanders as rustic, unsophisticated, or lacking in intelligence.

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Meanings

nounNewfie joke (plural Newfie jokes)

plural Newfie jokes

  1. CanadainformalA brief, humorous, often ridiculous story, the tone of which may range from playful to deeply offensive, which depicts Newfoundlanders as rustic, unsophisticated, or lacking in intelligence.

    Gerald Thomas, one of the finest folklore scholars in Canada today, contributed a Newfie joke collection.

    1979, R. S. Tallman, "Canadian Folklore" (review of Folklore of Canada by Edith Fowke, McClelland & Stewart, 1976), The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 92, no. 364, p. 231
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