Definitions
Etymologies
- From the image of a loon on one side of the coin.
Examples
“A loonie is our dollar, Nom, which is about $1.01 to you.”
“Canadian gave it the name loonie because it has a picture of a common loon, a popular Canadian bird, on its reverse and it has Queen Elizabeth II on its obverse.”
“And while the loonie is tied more closely to the USD, it’s not pegged.”
“Hey Al, I have no idea what a loonie is or how much it’s worth, but you’ve got a deal there, player.”
“But Canada isn't quite the bargain it used to be: Since 2004 the Canadian dollar (known as the loonie) is up 25% against the U.S. dollar.”
“The dollar coin is called a loonie, because there's a picture of a loon (the bird) on one side.”
“Late Friday in New York, one Canadian dollar -- known as the loonie for the bird pictured on coins -- fetched $1.06.”
“The currency, known as the loonie for the bird on the C$1 coin, climbed as much as 0.8 percent to $1.0171.”
“The Australian dollar is the most overvalued in two decades versus the so-called loonie, while slower Chinese growth amid higher inflation may lessen the attraction of countries that depend on selling raw materials to Asia's biggest economy.”
“Canada's dollar, also known as the loonie for the image of the aquatic bird on the C$1 coin, depreciated 0.2 percent to 97.61 cents versus the greenback, from 97.42 on May 20, extending its monthly drop to 3.2 percent.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘loonie’.
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•Words We Use Here That Would Tick Off Dr. Good...
Or, Things That Get a Whole Lot More Fun With an -ie Ending.
See conversation on git, and have at it!
Edit: Many of the following are madeupical, but many are not. See als...wordie, foodie, roadie, cookie, prosie, poetrie, tunie, scriptie, democracie, pompous old gittie, funnie, hippie and 156 more...
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O Canada
Words known to Canadians. These may not be understood by other North Americans, eh?
zamboni, poutine, touque, zed, inukshuk, noseeum, timbits, Alberta clipper, beer parlour, bonspiel, CANDU, chesterfield and 35 more...
abraxaszugzwang The Canadian one dollar coin. Mar 3, 2007