T Dot / T.O.
An old-school nickname for Toronto — a play on "T.O.," itself short for Toronto, Ontario. Still used by people who think "the 6ix" is played out.
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How it's used
Words like this are about place — the specific streets, boundaries and nicknames that tell you exactly which part of the GTA someone means.
“Born and raised in T Dot, never leaving.”
Where it comes from
Origin: Older Toronto nickname, predates "the 6ix". Like a lot of GTA slang, its exact origin is debated even among people who use it every day — see our full history of Toronto slang for the bigger picture on how this vocabulary formed.
Sources
This entry was compiled through general research into Toronto/GTA slang rather than one single citable source — see the full bibliography in SOURCES.md and the wider context in our history of Toronto slang.