brisvegas
Ironic yet affectionate term for the city of Brisbane, Australia (population nearing 1.
7 million these days). It's also a city a lot of people - especially southerners - like to rag, however I personally love the place and consider the people to be intelligent and friendly, and the weather fantastic. There's nothing hick-like about this town. Perhaps there was in the Sir
Joh era (circa 1980s), but certainly not anymore.As far as I am aware, the term "
Brisvegas" originated as an ironic association with Las Vegas, to
pay out on
Brissy's less-than-perfect nightlife scene and perhaps its general "things to do" factor (at the time). And yet, while meant to be an insult initially, recently Brisbanites have "reclaimed" the word, of sorts, as an endearing term for a city that, while not exactly being "where it's at" in any sense of the word, is still a pretty cool place to live.
brisvegas
by kitty on Nov 27, 2003 21:28:47
Affectionate but irritating term used for the city of Brisbane.
According to The Age: 'A
staffer from
Brisbane's Time Off magazine reckons it was coined as a result of
an Elvis tribute CD it put out in 1994.'As do I. The term never existed before this, but within a few years was adopted idiotically by Brisbane yuppies, who had no idea of said indie CD compilation that coined the term. Another example of indie culture seeping into the mainstream, and its origins being forgotten.
brisvegas
by The Sidhe on Oct 22, 2003 18:46:30
Local term to describe Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, and declared the most livable city in Australia several years running. Brisbane has a population of around 1.5 million, and is the centre of the South-East Queensland corridor that runs from the Sunshine Coast to the New South Wales border (although some would include the northern coast of New South Wales around Kingscliffe in this definition.) This area has the
dubious distinction of being the fastest growing region in Australia, with the Gold Coast hosting an annual drunken
debauch called "
Schoolie's Week" in November-December.
Connection to Las Vegas... It seems to have been coined when they decided to turn a lovely, but derelect building in the heart of the city into a casino.
brisvegas
by Mad Puppy on Sep 26, 2004 10:39:21
Nickname for
Brisbane. (see above definitions) Mentioned in the novel "
Tasmanian Babes
Fiasco" published 1997, but probably has earlier origins.
brisvegas
by RonWeasley=Ginger on Jul 06, 2011 18:28:30
a term used to describe
brisbane by other
countries. however, no person who lives in brisbane (aka 'brisbanite') actually calls it that, nor do they
know that it is even called 'brisvegas'.
Example:
American: aww man, can't wait to go to
BRISVEGAS!!!!11!!1
Brisbanite: wtf is 'brisvegas', that the most
stupid thing I've ever heard. Go f*** yourself,
stupid idiot. *walks away*
brisvegas
by mechaumai on Jun 24, 2010 20:27:58
Coined by several Melbourians in 1992-3 who came up to study at
Griffith University in the Law program. These particular Melbourians used to party quite hard in the local scene and found it all wanting in
brisvegas, a place of very little excitement and
bright lights with no substance. Also around this time Grand Orbit nightclub was launced by several other Melbourians to arrest this lack of nightlife and instead of just bemoaning the fact that there was nothing going on in this hick town, turned GO into the place to be in
Brisvegas. This is the earliest known recording of the term brisvegas.
BrisVegas
by Stormin_Norman on Aug 22, 2010 07:27:30
In the early 90s, Brisbane was just starting to wake up from being a sleepy
big country town. The alternative scene of musos and general party animals still saw the town as the aforementioned sleepy big country town where restaurants shut early and pubs closed at midnight.
To
take the mickey they started to nickname their town 'BrisVegas' because it was nothing like the 24 hour American
party city.
The nickname stuck, and as Brisbane emerged as a modern city sometimes the origins of this nickname as mistaken and taken to mean that Brisbane was likened to Las Vegas - when it was the opposite.
Brisvegas
by Deefer of Melb on Mar 30, 2021 11:36:18
A term used to describe
Brisbane in
Queensland. The term was commonly used on
the Bond University campus as early as 1989 and is reputed to be first coined by NSW students studying there. Bond was had a unique student mix at the time as less than a third of all students were from Queensland, therefore Brisbane was a bit of a joke on campus (when compared to Sydney).
Example:
Let's
head to Brisvegas.