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gonchies

Canadian slang for underpants or underwear, used with the same breezy informality as 'gotchies' or 'gitch'.

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#1·Apr 28, 2026

Canadian slang for underpants or underwear, used with the same breezy informality as 'gotchies' or 'gitch'. The word is particularly associated with Western Canada and has a warm, nostalgic quality — the kind of word you heard at home as a kid, not in polite company. Whether you're complaining about your waistband or losing your gonchies in a dare, the word never fails to bring a note of absurd humour to the conversation.

He triple-dog-dared me to run across the field in nothing but my gonchies and I genuinely considered it for a second.
Origin: Canadian English, particularly Western Canada; believed to derive from Ukrainian 'gachі' (underwear or trousers), reflecting the linguistic influence of Ukrainian immigrants who settled the prairies in large numbers. Editorial expansion authored on Slangora.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(Canada, slang) underpants.

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