Skookumchuck
August 5, 2009
Skookumchuck (literally, “strong water”) is a word in the Chinook Jargon that is in common use in British Columbia English and occurs in Pacific Northwest English. Skookum means “strong” or “powerful”, and “chuck” means water, so skookumchuck means “rapids” or “whitewater” . It can mean any rapids, but in coastal usage refers to the powerful [...]
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