any of various dialects of Canadian French: orig., and still sometimes, a derogatory term, used esp. for those dialects that diverge most widely from standard speech
Origin:
Fr, < a dialectal pronun. of cheval, horse
See joual in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun Chiefly Canadian
A dialect of Canadian French characterized by nonstandard pronunciations and grammar, and the presence of English loanwords and syntactic patterns.