Vantucky

English

Etymology

CB radio slang. Blend of Vancouver +‎ Kentucky.

Proper noun

Vantucky

1. (informal, mildly pejorative, slang) Vancouver, Washington.
   • 2011 May 17, “Cafe offers 'Vantucky Strikes Back' T-shirts, humor along with coffee”, in The Oregonian:

     It follows on the success of their longtime “Vantucky Strikes Back” shirts (right).

   • 2013 February 15, Allan Brettman, “Nike built World Headquarters without government perks”, in The Oregonian:

     Oregon is different than Vantucky? Not really.

   • 2014 May 17, Scott Hewitt, “Welcome to Vancooler Washington”, in The Columbian:

     Hungry for some cosmic consciousness on a September weekend, Portlander Keith Picone ventured north to what he usually called “Vantucky” to check out our 10th annual Peace and Justice Fair.

   • 2013 May 24, Richard Read, “Skagit River Interstate 5 bridge collapse could cause Washington legislators to fund Columbia River Crossing”, in The Oregonian:

     And if the drivers from Vantucky don't like it they can take a boat across the Mighty Columbia and a prop plane out of Fort Vancouver.

   • 2014 April 25, Kevin McFarland, “Grimm: “Nobody Knows The Trubel I've Seen"”, in A.V. Club:

     And they're assuming the fry is from Portland and not Vantucky or Beaverton or Hillsboro.

   • 2014 December 19, Peter Robison, “Bridge of 1917 Remains Deathtrap as Infrastructure Decays”, in Bloomberg:

     To sophisticates across the river, Vancouver is “Vantucky,” a place that doesn’t share their tastes in microbreweries, organic dining and public transit (traits skewered for their whiff of smugness in the “Portlandia” television series)...For years, most of the development has been in the suburbs, from ranch-style tract homes to McMansions. Leavitt embraced the bridge plan, in part, as a way to end the Vantucky punchlines.

   • 2016 October 7, Micah Meadowcroft, “Out of Portland's Shadow”, in The American Conservative:

     My official hometown has been called Vantucky, The Couve—and the chip on Vancouver's shoulder is perfectly understandable.

   • 2017 February 28, Sophia June, “The 16 Best Classic Burgers in Portland”, in Willamette Week:

     Seven years later, Killer Burger has nine locations, from Eugene to Vantucky.