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bush party
especially Central Canada, rural Canada
DCHP-2 (Nov 2012)
n. — especially Ontario & Yukon, Social customs
an outdoor party held in a secluded area for underage drinking.
Type: 5. Frequency — As Chart 1 shows, the term is more frequent in Canada than in the US or the UK. Within Canada, the term is most frequent in Ontario and Yukon (see Chart 2).
For 'bush', see also COD-2, s.v. "bush party", which marks the term "Cdn".
For 'bush', see also COD-2, s.v. "bush party", which marks the term "Cdn".
Quotations
1966
5216.(IV..15)Charter of Rights and Freedom -- Arbitrary Detention or Imprisonment. Police offer stopped accused after accused quickly retreated from teen bush party. Officer observed open liquor bottles in accused's car and signs of impairment [...]
1988
A letter presented this week from a group called Concerned Teens in the West End urges council to establish such a club in a new recreation complex under construction on Katimavik Road.
"That will help keep some teens off the streets and out of bush parties," says the letter.
1996
The 1993 collision occurred on a hill at the Forks of the Credit Rd., when a car loaded with young people leaving a bush party attempted to pass another car.
2007
Besides that, it could cost his business tens of thousands of dollars each year, he said, while increasing the likelihood of illegal booze cans or bush parties firing up.
2013
That stuff has been going on for decades, at bush parties to high school dances. Most end with a busted nose or a fat lip, not police charges and the intensive care unit.
References
- COD-2
- OED-3
Images
Chart 1: Internet Domain Search, 4 Feb. 2016
