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I wish they would've explained the term "soaker" a bit better as it's such a Canadian thing. Basically, when the snow starts to melt in the spring, you'll some
by joshdavham 1y ago
I wish they would've explained the term "soaker" a bit better as it's such a Canadian thing.
Basically, when the snow starts to melt in the spring, you'll sometimes accidentally step on some thin ice that leads directly to a puddle underneath and soak your boot. It sucks! Also, we would often call these "booters" in Manitoba, where I'm from.
- chongli 1y agoWow! I remember getting soakers as a kid! I had no idea it was a Canadianism!
- throwaway290 1y agoWhen and why/how did you stop getting soakers? Asking for a friend
- chongli 1y agoI no longer walk to school! When I walk into a store or into work I always watch where I step, regardless of the season or the weather. I’m especially cautious walking around my back yard after a rain!
- throwaway290 1y agoYes I guess once you learn to tell the signs of thin ice, soakers are rare... but now in tropics I get soakers being adult! Sometimes deep water is hard to notice or there is no route around a puddle. Maybe these are not really soakers (no ice involved) but I like the word
- tempest_ 1y agoJust go hiking in the spring. Got a soaker in April when I stepped on some snow that has hiding a deep puddle on a trail.
- SecretDreams 1y agoIn Southern Ontario, it feels like it's soakers all winter long!
- zahlman 1y agoI can relate to the experience, but never even thought of having a word for it...
- cik 1y agoYup, they'll forever be booters to me to. Go Bison?
- joshdavham 1y agoAnd go Jets!
- throaway955 1y agogot a booter eh bud?
- votick 1y agofirst time i’ve found a fellow manitoban on HN greetings !
- throaway5454 1y agoWe are here, were everywhere!