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Vancouver, Washington 

A church inside a former Kmart.

That's the summation of this place based on an actual establishment. I get the sense the hoakey small town center like any old thyme town center has been abandoned to tiny gift shops while the suburbs were built up around it. Life there is a purgatory for grown up suburban kids where they drive from their apartment block to a gas station, to a office block, to Applebees, and back again. They watch Netflix and wait to die, keeling over from a broken heart 2 weeks after retirement realizing what I just said.
"You're 47 years old. It's finally time you get your own apartment."

"Ok mom, I'll move to Vancouver, Washington. Can I borrow the car?"

Vancouver, Washington 

A depressing place, not enough words to describe of how much of a cesspool and shit-hole is. Iv never lived in Tacoma, Washington or other depressing places like Vancouver, Washington.

Im sure there are more depressing places out there, but Vancouver from personal experience takes the cake. No jobs, an abundance of illiterate pieces of white trash, food stamp abusers, ignorant people who seem they have spent their whole life living in a cave. A bunch of wanksters and wiggers, spoonfed bitches who post pics on facebook, myspace, and other bullshit social networks drinking a can of beer proclaiming they are hood and hard.

King of meth addicts and copious amounts of drug abusers, bad weather, a surplus of rain almost 90 percent of the year or more, no entertainment. Downtown Vancouver is dead like a grave, just a bus stop and some drug junkies, pan handlers and some stupid cafes with the greyhound bus station.
Where can I find a place that has no hope or promise and I am 100 percent depressed? That is easy that is

Vancouver, Washington

vancouver 

That city where if you own a house already, you can sell it and buy two of the same in Toronto, or three in Calgary, or an entire street in Winnipeg.
My mouldy 1200 square foot bungalow in Vancouver costs one million dollars because it's got a yard. A yard with trees? That'll be a million-two.
vancouver by Rexxx September 5, 2006

Vancouver Project 

The Vancouver Project are an indie-punk band from Albany, New York. They claim to be from Vancouver, but it is common knowledge that they are not. They are led by Johnny Thunder and Durk Sleeze.

www.myspace.com/vancouverproject
I got a chance to catch the Vancouver Project at Northern Lights. It was pretty tetanus.

Vancouver Summer 

The time of year when the weather transitions from the heat of summer one day to the cold and rain of winter the next. Vancouver summer does not match the classic definition so it would be more accurate to call it Sprautumn. To experience Summer, extensive travel is often necessary to regions such as the interior, prairies and southern ON, where summer lasts for several months.
I am planning on going to the beach after work but since its Vancouver Summer, who knows what the weather will be like.
Vancouver Summer by merp3 July 8, 2011

Vancouver, USA 

Vancouver, USA refers to Vancouver, Washington, a mid-size city on the north bank of the Columbia River in Washington State. The “USA” is used to differentiate the city from Vancouver, Canada.
Vancouver, USA has a population of approximately 365,000 people within they city and its surrounding urban areas. Vancouver is ideally situated within an hour’s drive of the Cascade Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Residents take full advantage of their access to the outdoors and their proximately to Seattle and Portland for museums, arts and festivals.
During the last 20 years Vancouver saw a large influx of newcomers. Many of the new arrivals came from Portland, to get away from the failing public schools, crime and traffic. Most of these people kept their jobs in Portland and continue to commute daily to work, while their families enjoyed a safer, more affordable quality of life. This has cause friction between the two cities. Some Portlanders may lash out at Vancouver because it is in Washington State and not considered part of Portland. More significantly, Portland is not Seattle, this causes much resentment to people from Portland (a.k.a. Lesser Seattle), who desperately want to be seen as a significant and important city, but failed to realize that they are just a second tier regional service center.
So now you know what a great place this is and why there are “hipster doofuses” on this site that are attempting to besmirch her.
When I grow up, I wanna live in Vancouver, USA...
Vancouver, USA by Traveler12345 February 8, 2013
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Frothability 

The measure of an emotional and over zealous consumer in an upwardly charging market, also known as a bull market. It's characterized by rising asset prices, increased investor confidence, and favorable growth in the markets, bro.
The frothability was evident as over-zealous consumers eagerly engaged in bidding wars, driving property prices to unsustainable levels reminiscent of previous speculative bubbles.
Frothability by cptn.kagaroo1 January 26, 2024
Word of the Day on November 12, 2026

Soul digger

A man who dates women with the sole purpose of exploiting their time, energy, and labor while he sucks the joy and happiness from their lives.
"That guy's a soul digger. He'll expect you to work full time, but you'll be doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, and childcare while he plays video games or watches TV."
Soul digger by anonymous November 11, 2026
Word of the Day on November 11, 2026

pod person 

A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
pod person by Christopher M. May 9, 2005
Word of the Day on November 10, 2026
A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.

Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.

A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.

A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
"The dead drop is the restroom toilet at the Gulf station at the corner of Commercial Ave. and Georges Rd."
dead drop by rubberroom July 23, 2008
Word of the Day on November 9, 2026

No Surprises Wedding

A "No Surprises Wedding," or NSW, is a wedding invitation designation that tells attendees that there can be no unplanned announcements, engagements, events or speeches at the wedding - all actions must be pre-approved by the couple. Anyone who performs an unapproved "surprise" will be asked to leave the wedding early.

This designation comes from Reddit, where so many stories of bad wedding behavior indicated a need to communicate expectations for the wedding behavior of attendees.
You are cordially invited to the nuptials of Brian and Tom on October 31 at noon.

Please note that this wedding is child-free (under 10) and a No Surprises Wedding (NSW). Reach out to wedding planner Sami Smith to request approvals or exceptions; please note that exceptions will be rare. Limited child care for under-10s will be available. All approvals will be noted and included in planning. Unapproved, or surprise exceptions, will result in guests being asked to leave.
Word of the Day on November 8, 2026
Ulzzang true definition is "best & "face" = best face in korean. They are basically people with above average looks, sometimes with the use of photoshop and haduri who post their pics online, some becoming internet celebrities.
"Hey, see that chick over there? She's pretty enough to be an ulzzang. :D"
ulzzang by `r i k kit t y February 26, 2008
Word of the Day on November 7, 2026
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