vancouver special
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A style of detached two-storey residential house widely constructed in Vancouver, British Columbia from the 1960s to 1980s, characterized by its large and boxy shape (often occupying most of the width of a lot), low-pitched gabled roof, and a front balcony spanning the entire second floor.
Example Sentences
- "The 'Vancouver Specials' are unique in that they quickly achieved widespread unpopularity for their boring flat fronts, boxy shapes, and low roofs."
- "There were campaigns waged by neighbourhood groups against boxy “Vancouver Specials” in the 1980s and highly eclectic “monster houses” in the 1990s."
- "Our design proposal is a mash-up of the Vancouver Special with Brooklyn brownstones and Chinese courtyard houses, resulting in a typology we call 'Extra Special.'"
Inflected Forms
Vancouver Specials (plural)