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VANCOUVER LEXICON | Green Death
Green Death | Slang/Nickname | The “Export ‘A’ Full Flavour” cigarette, a very strong/harsh smoke that comes in an iconic (in Canada) green box. Usage: “Buddy was selling Green Deaths for five bucks a...
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VANCOUVER LEXICON | Bentall Burbs
Bentall Burbs | Place/Phenomenon | The two square blocks of downtown that are dominated by the Bentall Centre, a massive complex that includes five office skyscrapers and a vast underground mall known...
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VANCOUVER LEXICON | Psychopod
Psychopod | Nickname | The name given to all rental “smart” cars by the pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists who fear and avoid them because the people driving them – who are being charged by the...
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VANCOUVER LEXICON | Tip Boner
Tip Boner | Restaurant Slang | The anticipatory excitement a restaurant server feels whenever a table orders a lot of expensive items (thereby increasing the size of his/her tip). Usage: “Table 55...
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VANCOUVER LEXICON | Citidiot
Citidiot | Slang/Insult | A portmanteau of “city” and “idiot”. What many residents of the community of Tofino on Vancouver Island call especially obnoxious tourists, particularly those who outwardly...
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VANCOUVER LEXICON | Drizzlepiss
Drizzlepiss | Slang | The particularly disheartening (some might say maddening) style of rain prevalent across the Lower Mainland between the months of November and April. Distinct from showers,...
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VANCOUVER LEXICON | Guilt Pylon
Guilt Pylon | Slang/Phenomenon | Any person with a clipboard who asks, “Do you have a minute for [insert name of cause or charity]?” while you are minding your own business on the sidewalk. They are...
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VANCOUVER LEXICON | Gasclown
Gasclown | Slang/Insult | A twenty-something suburbanite who comes into the city with the goal of “getting laid” but ends up highly intoxicated, confused, and belligerent, yelling “Hey bro!” at...
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LEXICON | Defining Strathcona Village, East Van Calamari, Snortside,...
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LEXICON | Defining Guilt Pylon, Drizzlepiss, Gasclown, Tip Boner, Citidiot &...
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LEXICON | Defining Post-Traumatic Aritzia Disorder, Psychopod, Bentall Burbs...
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VANCOUVER LEXICON | Full Versace, The
Full Versace, The | Phenomenon | When the landlord raises the rent at the same time a global luxury brand opens a slick storefront on the same block. Usage: “I heard the whole block is getting The...
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VANCOUVER LEXICON | Crowpigeon
Crowpigeon | Myth | A creature of persistent urban legend; half-crow, half-pigeon. As we are not familiar with the Bird Rules of Inter-Species Reproduction, our ignorance underpins a strong belief in...
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VANCOUVER LEXICON | Pain & Wastings
Pain & Wastings | Nickname | An insulting, dismissive, and not particularly imaginative nickname for the intersection of Main and Hastings, the heart of the Downtown Eastside. Because, you...
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VANCOUVER LEXICON | Blusterfuck
Blusterfuck | Meteorology | That one day in Autumn when the wind and rain are so persistently violent that they rip 50% of the leaves from the trees. A local weather phenomenon. Usage: “I was walking...
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