No Fun City
English
Etymology
Reportedly coined in 2000 by an organiser of Vancouver's annual Symphony of Fire fireworks exhibition (now known as the Celebration of Light), who was upset over a tobacco company being prevented from sponsoring the event.[1] Strict liquor licensing laws have also been pointed to as the source of the nickname,[2] as has an incident in which police advised people to avoid a New Year's celebration, fearing violence.[3]
Proper noun
No Fun City
- (informal, usually derogatory) The city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- 2002, Elizabeth Nolan, "Vancouver's Underground Stars Light up the Night", The Nerve, Volume 3, Number 3, May/June 2002, page 4:
- Where did this wealth of visual expression come from, and how did it blossom in No Fun City, of all places?
- 2013, The Canadian Writer's Market, 19th Edition: The Essential Guide for Freelance Writers (ed. Heidi Waechtler), McClelland & Stewart (2013), →ISBN, page 37:
- Celebrates independent art and culture in “No Fun City” — Vancouver, BC.
- 2015, Patrick Johnston, "Rugby notebook: ‘Fandamonium’ the word of the day at Canada Sevens announcement, Olympic qualifying and more", The Province, 27 February 2015:
- The Winter Olympics brought people out on the street and showed that even in No Fun City, we could find ourselves having endless fun.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:No Fun City.
- 2002, Elizabeth Nolan, "Vancouver's Underground Stars Light up the Night", The Nerve, Volume 3, Number 3, May/June 2002, page 4:
References
- Tom Charity & Fiona Morrow, Time Out Vancouver, Time Out (2006), →ISBN
- Tom Jordan, Vancouver, Explorer Publishing (2008), →ISBN, page 30
- Mark Hume, "Vancouver's 4 a.m. bars create havoc for police", The Globe and Mail, 8 November 2006
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