Sunday, January 27, 2008

What the hell is that?

Editor's Note: Periodically through season one, we will attempt to find the meaning behind team nicknames and things like that.

So, what the hell is a Chechako, as used by the New York franchise?

A Chechako is from the Alaskan for tenderfoot or newcomer. Urbandictionary.com says:

A new-comer to Alaska, ignorant of the terrain, the weather, the animals, the culture, the necessary driving skills in the winter, etc.
So, there you go. Next, what the hell is a Wailing Onion?

1 comment:

madmuldoon said...

I was wondering when someone was going to look it up .I learned the
term whilst growing up in Anchorage
Just be glad I didn't call them the
MUKTUK'S [it's a eskimo candy made
out of whale blubber and mollasess]
they chew it like bubble gum.

Madmuldoon