Meanings
Toontown1
alternative 'Toontown · alternative ToonTown
- colloquialA nickname for Saskatoon.
Toontown’s Shooting Guns (recent Juno nominees and champions of Hawkeyes), are also doing a 12-inch split vinyl release with the band.
2015 April 10, Coral Andrews, “Hawkeyes continue to bash and crash”, in NightLife (Waterloo Region Record), Kitchener, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 32 more examples
A stop in Saskatoon is celebrated with possibly the worst sandwich ever. […] I sleep whenever I can, and now that we have picked up new passengers in Toontown, I no longer have the row to myself.
2001 October 4–10, Mari Sasano, “2001 - a bus Odyssey: Trapped on a Greyhound for 50 hours”, in Andrew Hanon, editor, See Magazine, number 409, Edmonton, Alta.: Gazette Press Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20, columns 1–2Saskatoon could be a violent city. […] “Just do. You're well known around here—kinda famous, at least here in Toontown. Grumpy Comic Shop Guy.”
2015, Wes Funk, “Rocket of the Starship”, in Frostbite: A Novel, [Regina, Sask.]: Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing, published May 2017, →ISBN, pages 185 and 190
ToonTown2
- alternativeAlternative form of Toontown.
Subdomain: ToonTown.sk.ca
1998 March 13, CA Domain Registrar, “toontown.sk.ca registered”, in can.domain (Usenet), archived from the original on 09 Jan 20255 more examples
Radar Kids (Saskatoon, Radar Vision) This hard hitting trance duo hails from the Heartland of prairie raving, ToonTown.
1999 February 5, tom23, “This Saturday, February 6, 1999 - TECHNIQUE, Calgary, AB (lineup and details”, in alt.rave (Usenet), archived from the original on 09 Jan 2025Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton (and others I'm sure) have both LNS's and Crafts Canada. […] Here in ToonTown two hobby/craft stores have gone out of business in the past 5 or so years.
1999 May 23, Deb from ToonTown, “LNS going out of business”, in rec.crafts.textiles.needlework (Usenet), archived from the original on 09 Jan 2025> Residents of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. […] One of the nicknames for our town is ToonTown, like the Big Apple or City of Angels, […]
[2001 April 25, Chidwink, “Any other Toons in here?”, in alt.atheism (Usenet), archived from the original on 09 Jan 2025By the vet college, I assume you mean the one at USask here in ToonTown? We live about 3 minutes away from there, and should you come up to Saskatoon will show you all and any hospitality.
2002 July 20, Dave Balderstone, “pessimist or realist?-long”, in alt.pets.rabbits (Usenet), archived from the original on 09 Jan 2025Come to think of it - you'll be near Lake Diefenbaker when you travel between Regina and Saskatoon. […] The Mendel is in ToonTown.
2004 March 13, Dylin, “Server Problems”, in rec.arts.sf.tv.quantum-leap (Usenet), archived from the original on 09 Jan 2025
Origin
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Toontown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Toontown
“Toontown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Toontown. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Toontown,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Toontown.
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