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General Slang's & Terms Used On Www.ohta.ca

by: Reflections on

Just so that the newbies and oldbies(!) are on the same page. If you have a non-derogatory slang term please feel free to add and post it here.

LEO - Law Enforcement Officer


JP - Justice of the Peace


PON - Provincial Offence Notice = ticket


MC - Motor Cycle


MV - Motor Vehicle


CMV - Commercial Motor Vehicle


CVOR - Commercial Vehicle Operators Registration = authorized by Ontario government to operate a CMV in Ontario.


T/T - Tractor Trailer


S/B - Southbound


N/B - Northbound


E/B - Eastbound


W/B - Westbound


H/B - Hell Bent


OPC - Ontario Police College - Aylmer, Ontario


PSL - Posted Speed Limit


cagers - people who drive cars


hockey pucks - antennas for the modem for the mobile work station (laptop)


Squid = bad motorcycle rider


HOV = High Occupancy Vehicle Lane


cutter = Someone who dives into a lane of traffic at the last minute to avoid sitting in line, and usually in front of you!


The Commish or Volcano = Julian Fantino, the current OPP Commisioner


fwiw = For what its worth, general chat room acronym

traffic court/provincial offences = your worship (JP wears green sash)


criminal court = your honour (judge wears red sash)


Odot, or O-dot = OPP, Ontario Provincial Police


TPS = Toronto Police Service


OPS = Ottawa Police Service


NRPS = Niagara Regional Police Service


YRP = York Regional Police




After you have posted, we will add your comments to the main post and delete the rest, so that this will appear as one big post. Feel free kids, step up and ring the bell.

Last edited by Reflections on Sun Nov 22, 2009 1:10 am, edited 1 time in total.
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