Newfoundland speed bump

noun

A moose, especially one which is in a roadway.

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Meanings

nounNewfoundland speed bump (plural Newfoundland speed bumps)

plural Newfoundland speed bumps

  1. CanadahumorousA moose, especially one which is in a roadway.

    [W]e bought a widely sold poster with the caption "Newfoundland Speed Bump" above the photograph of an ornately antlered bull moose halting traffic.

    1992 August 16, Jack Schnedler, “On the Edge in Newfoundland”, in Chicago Sun-Times, page 1
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    He pitched his first freelance feature to Canadian Geographic . . . a cover story about the province's plaguelike overpopulation of moose, also known as Newfoundland speed bumps.

    2009, Eric Harris, “Editor's notebook: To the Tablelands,”, in Canadian Geographic, volume 129, number 5, page 9

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moose
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APA

Newfoundland speed bump. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Newfoundland%20speed%20bump

MLA

“Newfoundland speed bump.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Newfoundland%20speed%20bump. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Newfoundland speed bump,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Newfoundland%20speed%20bump.

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