Citations:Vangroovy

English citations of Vangroovy

Proper noun: "(informal) nickname of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada"

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• 1997, "Feature 451", Pique Newsmagazine (Whistler, British Columbia), 19 December 1997:

  Down near Brackendale (a few kilometres north of Squamish on your way to Vangroovy) the eagles gather for the winter.

• 2002, Laura Madokoro, "Super, natural Vancouver, B.C.", Globe and Mail, 30 August 2002:

  Because "Vangroovy" is the most stereotyped city in Canada, I felt what I as a newcomer needed to do: ditch the power suits, eat organic, exercise a lot and be laid back all the time.

• 2009, Mark Abley, The Prodigal Tongue: Dispatches from the Future of English, Vintage Canada (2009), →ISBN, page 30:

  Govani coins words with ironic verve: “'It's hot,' the Sweaty Betty declares, not at all content with the distinctly non-Vangroovy heat.”

• 2009, Tom Graff, "Vangroovy Vancouver", Vancouver Observer, 21 November 2009:

  Here we are in a beautiful Calgary garden. The groovy newlywed young engineer who designed and installed the very Vancouver garden spent his childhood in Richmond. He offers me a veggie burger and with a straight face says, “What’s it like in Vangroovy these days?”

• 2010, Mark Leiren-Young, "Fill Your Opening Ceremony with Arts, then Cut Them", The Tyee, 15 February 2010:

  All these skaters, skiers and snowboarders have the potential to generate tourism and investment dollars for decades, which is why leaders from Gordon Campbell to Larry Campbell were willing to sell out the stores on Cambie Street to bring the five ring circus to Vangroovy.

• 2010, Sean Gordon, "Of counter-points and self-corrections", Globe and Mail, 6 April 2010:

  In fact, when you use Goals Versus Threshold as the measuring stick (no, we're not entirely sure what it means either, but it sure sounds all scientific-y) they sit behind only Washington (against whom they have a winning record this year), Chicago, San Jose, and Vangroovy.

• 2013, Liane Faulder, "Nothing beats a gorgeous cookbook to tantalize the taste buds", Edmonton Journal, 11 December 2013:

  Recipes and photographs are nothing short of gorgeous and if you’ve got friends in Vangroovy (and who doesn’t), this book will delight them to no end.