Hogtown Hog Town, hogtown; DCHP-2 (October 2016)
n. — informal, derogatory, now rare
a name for Toronto, ON.
Type: 1. Origin — Toronto was a 19th-century centre for pork processing, but it seems that this originally derogatory name was applied to Toronto by outsiders who accused Torontonians of taking everything unto themselves (see the 1895 and 1898 quotations). The term may now be used jocularly or with affection by local residents.