Saskatchewan Words

These words are either true Saskatchewan words (listed as native to here, according to the Oxford Canadian Dictionary), or words that you never hear anywhere else:

bunny hug - this is what we call a sweatshirt with a hood (hoodie). The Cdn Oxford says 'bunny hug', but I've always thought it was one word. It runs together like it's one word. I just heard a rancher use it the other day on the radio: 'I'm warm enough in the barn during the calving season with a long-sleeved shirt and a bunnyhug on.'

frajolaki - a.k.a. frazolaki or fratzolaki. My sister calls it 'fraj'. This is a sandwich, found on the menu of most of the ubiquitous Greek restaurants in Saskatoon, and around the Province. It's beef or chicken, marinated like souvlaki, grilled, and then put on a torpedo bun with onions and tomatoes. It's so tasty. BUT, if someone calls the reference desk to ask how to spell it (like they asked me), it's not listed anywhere definitive! I tried every dictionary I could find, and then I tried Google. The only listings in Google at that time were Saskatchewan websites! This 'traditional' Greek dish doesn't seem to exist outside Saskatchewan! Even now, if you do a Google search, you get 32 hits for 'frajolaki' (all Sask. restaurants), 1 hit for 'frazolaki' (Sask. restaurant), and about 29 hits for 'fratzolaki', which is again mainly Sask. restaurants but now comes with about 3 hits for websites written completely in Greek. Sandwich in a bubble.

siwash - I always thought this was a Saskatchewan word, but the Cdn Oxford only gets as specific as 'Canadian (West)' in attribution. It's a thick woolen sweater decorated with symbols or animals, and the sweater is usually of a grey/black/white colouring.

matrimonial cake - Cdn Oxford attributes this to 'Canadian (Prairies)' and equates it to a date square. You don't need to be at a wedding to eat it.