Vancouver 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.

Lexicon / False Creek

The Nickname for Rodney Graham's $4.8 Million Chandelier Under the Granville St. Bridge

"The Bridge Scrotum is great, but I'm not surprised some think its tasteless seeing how it's located where desperate people might seek shelter..."

Lexicon

100 Years Ago Vancouver Was in the Midst of Enduring This Major Bummer

"Think how much it must have sucked to come home from fighting World War I to find your favourite bar had closed because of Prohibition..."

Lexicon / Chinatown

This Homegrown White Supremacist Organisation Once Terrorized Vancouver

"I thought the Asiatic Exclusion League was unrepeatable history until I started reading the comments below local real estate news stories..."

Lexicon

This Move Sounds NSFW, but Every Vancouver Driver Should Know It

"I know it sounds a little dirty, but if you come with me to my car I will buckle you up and show you the Dutch Reach..."

Lexicon / West Vancouver

The Persistent Nickname of West Vancouver's Doomed Architectural Landmark

"The Pink Palace looks like Mussolini and Barbie had a baby made of cake and concrete."

Lexicon / Alberta

The Nickname for an Albertan Beer Long Embraced by Many Vancouverites

“Ok, so I was on my way to get a case of Pil and a pack of smokes and this fucking deer came out of nowhere, right...”

Lexicon / Downtown

If Vancouver Had a Superhero It Might Be the Woman Who Takes Her Duck Everywhere

"I saw the Vancouver Duck Lady on the bus today and she was just about the sweetest thing in the whole wide world..."

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