Newfie

Newfie (also Newf or sometimes Newfy) is a colloquial term used by Canadians and others for someone who is from Newfoundland. Many Newfoundlanders consider "Newfie" as a slur first used by American and Canadian military forces stationed on the island. The term is also associated with jokes from the mid-to-late 20th century that depicted "Newfies" as foolish, in particular when told in Canadian French, leading to a belief in the derogatory nature of the term.[1][2]

During the Second World War, sailors on convoy duty nicknamed St. John's Newfiejohn.[3]

  1. ^ "Newfie Definition & Meaning". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  2. ^ King, R. and Clarke, S. (2002), Contesting meaning: Newfie and the politics of ethnic labelling. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 6: 537–558. doi: 10.1111/1467-9481.00200
  3. ^ Dunlop, Daniel T. "The Sinking of U90". Archived from the original on 2007-06-27. Retrieved 2008-06-25.