Lexicon
Welcome to the Vancouver Lexicon. Its purpose is to pin down the patois of the City of Vancouver by recording its toponyms, nicknames, slang terms, personalities, places, and other Van-centric things.
A Cliched, Coded Turn Of Phrase That Implies Guilt Or Just Desserts
"DTES man found dead was known to police."
When Politicians Are Suckers For "Feel Good" Corporate Interests
"Vancouver: a banana smoothie republic. Condo salesman leads housing policy; yoga billionaire calls in bike lanes & bridge closures"
What Chefs Bring As Gifts To Restaurants That Aren't Their Own
"Make sure this next pick is soigné. Table 20 brought us Dirty Beers..."
A Gastown Institution Dedicated To Properly Pulled Pints And Cheer
"Let's grab a pint or two of the dark at The Heather..."
Glittering Evidence That Stays Long After A Car Gets Broken Into
"I woke up and found that both my bikes' tires were shot. I must have run over some junkie gems on the way home last night..."
The Cliche For Those Times When Our City's Flakiness Gets Absurd
"I just saw a pair of old NIMBYs on the False Creek seawall yelling at a naked paddleboarder doing yoga... #PeakVancouver"
The Saddest Design Artifice In Vancouver Property Development...
"I thought that guy was breaking in to what I'd always assumed was the strata office but then I realized he was just a neighbour going in through the poor doors..."
The Members Only Club Of Gluttonous Local Baseball Fans
"I've only ever seen attempts at entry into The Niners Club, and boy were they ever messy..."
The Name Of The Yoga On The Bridge Fiasco Will Live In Infamy
"He'll probably get away with it just so long as he doesn't do anything suspect like Om The Bridge..."
The Commodification Of Character By Mercenary Condo Marketers
"I live in a tiny shoebox that I can't afford, so yeah...I was a total sucker for Rennification. But at least the cute brunch place on the corner uses good beans..."
Mythical Betting Pool Predicts When 'The Gap' Will Open In Gastown
"If I could, I'd put a tenner on April, 2017 in the Gapwatch..."
The Most Gluttonous Way Of Tailoring Your Order In A Ramen Joint
"I'm jonesing for a hot bowl of Spy-Fa-Fa..."
When Movie Shoots Do Totally Unreasonable Or Disruptive Things
"Do you know if they're Deadpooling the Viaduct again today?"
A Homegrown Word For Summer's Scary, Exhilirating Rope Swing
"I'm going to drink this delicious Zunga, then do a full backflip off that zunga..."
The Nickname Of Hootsuite's Swell Mt. Pleasant Headquarters
"I hot-boxed The Nest with Dave-O after Pecha Kucha last night. That place is a trip..."
The Floppy-Hatted, "I Could Give A Shit" Weekend Brunch Uniform
"Dude, I almost got my head ripped off from seat 2 at that Brunch Club table. All I did was ask her who her favourite Yankee was. I guess she just likes the hat..."
The Part Of The West End That's Home To 10+ Japanese Eateries
"Let's head over to Ramenland and dig into some gyoza, ramen, and karaage."
The Big, Awesome Booth At The Very Back Of The Restaurant
"Let's get a few more people together so we might be able to score the Gangster Table..."
The Rollerblading Woman In Pink Who Directs Traffic In YVR
"Sometimes this town gets me down, but not when I see Roller Girl..."
When The Silent Partners Stop Being Silent And Start Sidooing
"I don't know what Bruce and his partners think they're sidooing..."
Shap
"You see Luongo on Twitter laying down the shap?"
The Word That Restaurant Workers Use To Describe Perfection
"Make sure the edges of those plates are soigné before they go out..."
Back Seat Bartender
"Dude, I'm going to make your drink. Just stop being such a fucking back seat bartender..."
Giz
"Giz got me hooked on Rosé last summer..."
Canadian Riviera
"I just heard Hashman Deejay give a shout out to the Canadian Riviera on Boiler Room..."
Treebeard
"There are few certainties in Vancouver, but rain and Treebeard are among them..."
Shitcident
"Graham took the bottles out and unknowingly set the crate down in human shit. Now it's all over his shirt so we have to send him home. What a shitcident..."
Blusterfuck
“I was walking down 10th Avenue when the Blusterfuck started. It was terrifying...”
