Define Cantoning Meaning

Cantoning
To utterly and totally destroy the punchline of a joke so as to make it completely devoid of any sort of humerous value. Often, the act of CantonING (the verb form) is funny, because the person who catoned the joke often is not aware they have done so.

This term comes from the town of Canton in Central Illinois where people have a tendancy, due to life in such a provincial area, to miss high-brow humor and explain simple jokes with what they see as...jokes.

"He totally Cantoned that joke."

Example of Cantoning:
person "A": "This room smells like 15 kinds of ass."
person "B": "Yeah, almost like 20 kinds of ass!"

Example 2:

Person "A": "What's green and flies?"
Person "B": "Superpickle!"
*laughter ensues*
Canton person: "Yeah, hahaha, or super green bell pepper."
*everyone pauses and stares, looking awkwardly at one another*
Canton person: "Sorry, I work at Hy-Vee."
By Lissie
Canton
Chicano slang for a house in the barrio ese.

Chicano slang para casa o apartamento en el barrio ese.

Ay te wacho en mi canton al rato ese.

Anoche se escucharon puros cuetazos afuera de mi canton ese.

Guarda la merca en tu canton ese.
By Ana
Canton
Canton is a small but crazy ass city up in ohio it simply stands for
C-Crazy
A-Ass
N-Niggas
T-Trippin
O-Over
N-Nothing
True fact

A nigga got shot down here over $11 now that's pathetic. Canton is full of nigga's
By Chiarra
Canton
Canton is one of the higher populated city in ohio and also one of the roughest. Poeople claim that its infested with "hicks" sorry people. All the amish and hillbillies left to go to places like dover and wooster. Whats really in canton is ofcourse the Pro Football Hall of Fame which everyone knows about and a few unheard of factories, not really important. downtown is shitty because most houses are boarded up and crack heads live there. There are also plenty of gangs and hearing about a shoting or robery isnt ever a shock or surprise. Canton has some of the ruddest people ever, but it also has some great people.

Welcome to canton aka lil detriot.
By Tatum
Canton

DRAgg1NG MY BODY UP TH3 H1LL TO M1 CANTON;TH3 BAR'S F1V3 M1NUT3S AWAY BUT 1T TOOK M3 AN HOUR TO G3T HOM3.
By Kathye
Canton
Canton, Ohio is full of different minorities, but mostly blacks. It is the home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But it's also a really fucked up city, filled with drug dealers and delinquents. Just go into the south west end and it's full of street drug dealers and whores that live in blue houses. This city is crazy! If you wanna get shot go live in the south west end, but if you wanna get jumped go to the north west end.

La'risha: "Where you get yo drugs gurl?"
La-a: "Canton, they got da best drug dealas eva!"
La'risha: "Right I heard bout dat!"
By Kacey
Canton
A city in Ohio in which every one thinks is scary, when the real truth it is full of dumb crackheads and hookers and is not threatening what so ever. Every one who "thinks" they are "hard" or "ghetto" claims to be from either Cleveland or Canton. Canton is not "ghetto" it is broke, no one there has any money, thats why it looks the way it does.

Boy #1. "Nigga im from Canton I run dis shit"

Boy #2. "Wow, im soo scared, that only means two things, 1) you dont know who your father is. and 2) your mother is a crack whore. So get the fuck out of here you brokedick peice of shit."

*Boy #1 walks away in shame.
By Goldy
Canton
Small town south of Boston.
Boring with nothing even remotely interesting to do there.
Basically you can either smoke weed, get drunk, or go somewhere else for entertainment.

Person 1: Dude, I hate living in Canton it's so boring!
Person 2: I know! Let's go get drunk so we have something to do.
By Madel
Canton
A tiny rural town in the middle of bum-fuck Egypt and ass-dick Israel. Actually a tiny farming town in Connecticut with the population of just over 10,000. Insane running programs for school sports and home to the urban legend "Sashi"

Man-Hey good lookin, where you from?
Girl-I'm from Avon. Yourself?
Man-Canton
Girl-Bye...
By Berta
Canton
Canton is an extremely small town located in Upstate, NY. As of the 2000 census, there were 5,882 people. Its population triples when the local universities are in session (Saint Lawrence University and the State University of New York at Canton). SUNY Canton is a two/four year college located in the western part of the village. Its entrance is accessible via NY RT 68. SUNY Canton is also home to the David Sullivan/St. Lawrence County Law Enforcement Academy that provides police training to local, county, state and federal agencies as well as new police officers in its 5-month police academy every spring. St. Lawrence University is a four year liberal arts college located in the eastern part of the village. Access to the college is via US RT 11. St. Lawrence University is home to several sports, including its famous NCAA Division I hockey team and several notable alumni. The first attempt at settlement was made in 1800, but the first permanent settlement occurred in 1801. The first post office used the name "New Cairo," but changed to Canton by 1807. The early economy was based on farming and lumbering. Not known for its "Nightlife" most people either go to Potsdam or Canada to find a good time.

Joe: Hey, do you know where Canton is?
Paul: No, but my buddy goes to St. Lawrence
By Jill