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Morrone appeared on The Tonight Show hosted by Jimmy Fallon and quizzed him on what she described as Toronto slang, saying she learned the phrases from co-star Adam DiMarco, who is from Oakville.<\/p>\n
Viewers online pushed back, arguing many of the phrases were inaccurate, \u201cgentrified,\u201d or not widely-used in Toronto.<\/p>\n
Others defended the slang, saying it reflects how some younger people actually speak.<\/p>\n
American actress and model Camila Morrone is being called out online after she taught night show host Jimmy Fallon some Toronto slang, which many say is inaccurate.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While participating in Fallon\u2019s The Tonight Show on Monday, Morrone quizzed the host on the meaning of what she called Toronto slang.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Although Morrone is American, she says she picked up some of these terms from her co-star Adam DiMarco, who is from Oakville, Ont., while they were filming Netflix\u2019s thriller series Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, which will premiere on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The first term the actress quizzed Fallon about was \u201ctwo-twos is my word croski,\u201d which she then revealed to mean \u201cI\u2019m being honest, bro.\u201d<\/p>\n
She also asked the host about the meaning of \u201cThat\u2019s too Mazza, ahlie?\u201d which she translated to \u201cThat\u2019s insane, am I right?\u201d<\/p>\n
Lastly, Marrone also said \u2018That\u2019s Gerbert, fam\u2019 means \u201cYou\u2019re acting like a baby, my guy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Video sparks mixed reactions<\/p>\n
But the light-hearted moment is sparking mixed reactions online, as many criticized the actress for giving a wrong impression of how people in Toronto speak, calling the slang she used inaccurate and even gentrified.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve never heard of that slang. It sounds like some bullsh*t she made up, but we do say \u2018bro\u2019 quite often,\u201d one person said on X<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re both wrong [because] \u2018two-twos\u2019 means \u2018real quick\u2019. Stop gentrifying this; nobody here actually talks like that,\u201d another person said<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cBeen living downtown Toronto for 10 years and this stuff from suburban playgrounds has not made it to Toronto. It\u2019s a TikTok thing, not a Toronto thing,\u201d another person<\/a> added.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cPeople from Oakville have no say on Toronto slang. Adam [DiMarco] is not qualified,\u201d another user commented<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n On the other hand, some people also pointed out that they\u2019ve in fact seen Torontonians using the mentioned slang, especially younger generations.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIn Scarborough people here 100 per cent spoke like this growing up. The people saying otherwise either aren\u2019t from Toronto or from Leaside or some sh*t. A lot of the slang is built around the Jamaican\/West Indies people who live here. There are lots,\u201d one X user suggested<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI work with youth in Toronto, Brampton, and Mississauga. They definitely speak like this, for all the Toronto people saying they\u2019ve never heard it,\u201d another person said<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople who say it\u2019s made up\u2026 just search \u2018Toronto shopping malls\u2019 or \u2018Toronto slang\u2019 on TikTok (or whatever app) and look at how the new generation talks LOL. It\u2019s 100 per cent real; if anything, it\u2019s even worse,\u201d another user added<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n