A distinctly Canadian term for homogenized whole milk — the standard full-fat milk where the cream has been mechanically blended in so it doesn't separate.
A distinctly Canadian term for homogenized whole milk — the standard full-fat milk where the cream has been mechanically blended in so it doesn't separate. In Canada, 'homo milk' is completely unremarkable grocery store terminology: you'll see it on cartons, in corner stores, and heard in everyday conversation without a second thought. To non-Canadians, the label can cause a double-take, but in Canada it's just your regular 3.25% fat milk. A great example of how regional vocabulary can sound wildly different to outside ears.
She always used homo milk in her coffee — skim just didn't taste right to her.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(UK) Full cream milk, normally homogenised and pasteurised, having a silvery top to the bottle.
(Australia, NZ, informal) A milkman or milkwoman.
Australian and New Zealand informal term for the milkman or milkwoman — that early-morning legend who rattled bottles on your doorstep before the sun was even fully up. The classic Aussie habit of slapping an -o suffix on nouns gives ordinary jobs a friendlier, more larrikin ring. Though home milk delivery is largely a thing of the past, milko survives in nostalgic conversation and the occasional retro TV ad.
(North America, Australia) Non-fat milk; milk that has had the cream removed.
(Canada) Homogenized whole milk.