Summary: | crunch prob n. I never saw so many crunch-bags in my life." What is a "crunch-bag?" "Well, you know, it's sort of the opposite of a yuppy, wears rubber boots and everything. It's like, well, all the folklore students at MUN are crunch-bags. When Corinna Byrne joined the [MUN] English Society all of her friends were mad at her for associating with all those bohemian crunch-bags. FEB 25 1988 [inc] B. [WK: Also the folklore dept. is enthusiastic about "brown-bag lunches,"with accompanying talks. Perhaps this is an echo of brown bag, lunch bag. Bag is lively in Nfld also: he is a chaw-bag.] WK: Probably nonce. Creative slang. [check] WK Not Used Not Used Not Used Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 29 Jun 2016
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