ConnectWord · Ages 10-80 · In use
chum
In Québec, 'mon chum' usually means 'my boyfriend' (or partner), not just a buddy. Sometimes it still means a friend.
Mon chum vient souper ce soir. (My boyfriend is coming for dinner tonight.)
For parents and educators
Harmless, but easy to misread if you're an English-speaking parent.
Where it came from
Borrowed from English 'chum' (friend), shifted to mean boyfriend.
Also heard as
mon chum