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 / Downtown

The Local Nickname For a City Block Once Popular With Japanese Tourists

"There's not much left of the original Little Ginza other than a 50-year old Japanese steakhouse..."

Lexicon

That Time Our Government Made Millions Being Unabashedly Racist

"Most of my younger friends think racism towards Chinese people is a new thing in BC. Then I tell them about the Head Tax..."

Lexicon / Downtown

The Honorific Bestowed Upon One of the Greatest Canucks of All Time

"I don't think the Dragonslayer will ever have to pay for a drink in Vancouver for the rest of his life, and for good reason..."

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..."

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