A no messing around guide to the coolest things to eat, drink and do in Vancouver and beyond. Community. Not clickbait.

Snowpocalypse

32644347511_abc2a638f7_k

Snowpocalypse | Hyperbole, Slang | A dramatic (and sometimes not even remotely ironic) means of describing a snowfall in Vancouver. The term is commonly used across North America but here it is employed irrespective of accumulation, so both in the wake of major snowstorms and flurries where the white stuff doesn’t even stick to the ground. A linguistic testament to any (or all) of the following:

a.) Vancouver’s unfamiliarity with snow
b.) Vancouver’s tendency to overreact and perceive crises in calm
c.) Vancouver’s lack of confidence in its snow removal regime
d.) Vancouver’s quickness to make light of its own faults

The term is interchangeable with the equally hyperbolic “Snowmageddon”.

Usage: “Despite the snowpocalypse, what snowballs could be made had to be used twice.”

There are 2 comments

  1. I for one hope that Snowpocalypse is just one of the reasons that our current regime experiences change! Prioritizing bike lanes over enforcing sidewalk snow removal is just banal. Too bad the NPA are just as incompetent as always.

  2. Born and raised in Vancouver. Media has greatly exaggerated the snowfall here in Vancouver and Lower Mainland. Quite embarrassing. What they must think of us back East. In my opinion I embrace the snow and prefer to go to a Winter destination instead. Embrace and accept whatever mother natures brings to us.

One of the Most Beloved Players to Ever Wear a Canucks Uniform

“I was there when Gino scored a penalty shot goal against Calgary. The way the crowd erupted, you’d think we had just won the Stanley Cup!"

How a Climate Change Event Created a Local 'Cause Célèbre'

"Is Barge Chilling Beach a good first date or nah?"

How Generations of Underaged Partiers Have Avoided Cops and Cover Charges in BC

"On our way up to Jones Lake on Sunday we had to wait for a slow convoy of hungover bush party survivors to pass..."

How Vancouverites Know a Targeted Hit on a Gangster Has Just Gone Down

"Like sunshine after rain and dawn after dark, a report of a burning vehicle usually means a gangster has just been shot at."