Citations:Raincouver

English citations of Raincouver

Proper noun: "(informal) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada"

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• 2002, Chris Carlsson, Critical Mass: Bicycling's Defiant Celebration, AK Press (2002), →ISBN, page 252:

  Sarah Boothroyd is an activist and artivist with two arms and two wheels. This spawn of Raincouver (on the Wetcoast of Canada) is currently dwelling in Montreal, […]

• 2007, Donato Mancini, "How Would You Get to Maui?", subTerrain, Volume 5, Issue 47, page 42:

  Daylight was no problem, especially in Raincouver, with longsleeves, pants, baseball hat pulled low, T2 sunglasses and beard.

• 2008, Arlena De Bruin, On The Bright Side…and Other Rose-Coloured Catastrophes, Red Wagon Writing and Publishing Services (2008), →ISBN, page 158:

  What would Raincouver (Vancouver) be without 400cm of rain and a flash flood on a summer day?

• 2009, Ed Chung, Accidental Heroes, Accidental Villains, →ISBN, page 19:

  “It's not bad. I'm being promoted next month. VP for Quebec. Pretty cool, eh? Though it also means I'll be moving from Raincouver to our old haunt in Montreal. Poor me.”

• 2010, Miné Salkin, Teen Dream review, Discorder, February 2010, page 29:

  It's intellectual, optimistic, perfect for any Raincouver occasion.

• 2011, Harvinder Sandhu, "Put grey in perspective and embrace wet coast", Surrey Now, 4 February 2011, page A13:

  News reporters giving out the weather should have a smile in their voice, they should be making Metro Vancouver inhabitants feel good about living in "Raincouver."

• 2013, Kelsey Klassen, "Local company marries nature lovers and developing nations", WE, 3 January 2013 - 9 January 2013, page 9:

  In winter, water is often foremost on our minds for all the wrong reasons, but one of the most amazing things about living in Raincouver is our ability to turn on the tap and drink deeply.

• 2013, Anonymous, "Rants and Raves", The Other Press (Douglas College), Volume 30, Issue 9, 4 June 2013, page 17:

  Our summer weather has so far been erratic in the extreme, sometimes bringing sunshine, other times showing why people love to make jokes about “Raincouver.”