What to know
- Camila Morrone appeared on The Tonight Show and tried teaching Jimmy Fallon Toronto slang, including phrases like “two-twos is my word croski” and “that’s too Mazza, ahlie.”
- Some locals criticized her use of slang as inaccurate or “gentrified,” while others defended her, saying young Torontonians do use those terms.
- Adam DiMarco, Morrone’s co-star and an Oakville native, clarified he isn’t to blame, saying he’s never heard anyone speak that way and much of it was “just trolling.”
- Both DiMarco and Morrone said they’ll leave slang to the younger generation, joking that they should “go back to old English.”
Oakville actor Adam DiMarco says he is not to blame for teaching co-star Camila Morrone Toronto slang, after she received backlash for quizzing Jimmy Fallon on slang terms from the city, which many described as inaccurate.
During an appearance on The Tonight Show, Morrone, who stars alongside DiMarco in Netflix’s thriller series Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, told Fallon that she was taught Toronto slang by her co-star during filming.
She then went on to quiz Fallon on slang words and terms, which included “two-twos is my word croski,” and “that’s too Mazza, ahlie.”
Following Morrone’s appearance, locals took to the internet to express their disappointment, with many calling her use of the slang terms “gentrified” and “incorrect.”
Meanwhile, some internet users came to her defense, saying that many young people from Toronto do, in fact, use those exact words and terms, and she wasn’t too far off.
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However, her co-star is now clearing the air, saying he is not to blame for Morrone’s knowledge, or lack thereof, of Toronto slang.
“I’m from Oakville, and spend a lot of time in Toronto, I’ve actually never heard anyone talk this way,” he said in an interview with Global TV’s The Morning Show. “It kept coming up in our algorithm during filming and we just thought it was so funny, I’m pretty sure a lot of that is just trolling.”
Morrone, who was also present during the interview, added that she’s not sure how much “the kids” are actually using those terms, but still found them fascinating.
DiMarco then followed up by saying they will now both be leaving slang in the hands of the kids.
“We’re beyond our slang, we really should not be doing slang, let’s go back to old English,” he said.
