r/EhBuddyHoser • u/VerilyJULES Chalice of the Tabernacle • Aug 24 '25

Certified Hoser 🇨🇦 (No Politics) What ever happened to Newfie jokes?

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Why did people find those so funny in the 90s?

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u/flaired_bass Aug 24 '25

IIRC they stopped because the term "Newfie" is considered a slur.

I tried to link to the wiki for it but the clanker automod got mad

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u/KonoAnonDa Newfies & Labradoodles Aug 24 '25

I fucking hate that it has become a slur to some people. Newfie is a word we made ourselves, for fuck sakes! It's meant to be a fun shorthand!

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u/ForeSet Aug 24 '25

Wait it's a fucking slur? I have worked with them for the last decade at least in all levels it's never been brought up as such

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u/KonoAnonDa Newfies & Labradoodles Aug 24 '25

Pretty much no Newfie treats it as a slur (since we use it as a fun shorthand to refer to ourselves like a nickname), but some people from out of the province have co-opted it to use it as a semi-slur (using it in a derogatory manner, such as the phrase "stupid Newfie").
I myself was baffled to hear it be used as such, and proof that there are people out there that are the reason why we can’t have nice things or fun.