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May 2, 2018
The Oxford English Dictionary Wants to Know the Definitive New York City Lexicon
Sydney Wang
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Each region in the U.S. has its own vocabulary,
and New York is no exception.
New Yorkers often refer to anything
outside the city as “upstate.”
While New York City consists of 5 boroughs
Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, the Bronx,
and Staten Island
people from the outer boroughs often
refer to Manhattan simply as “the city”
Want to go to the garden?
Before you refuse, you might be turning down
a Knicks game at Madison Square Garden.
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If you know any other New York-specific words,
the Oxford English Dictionary wants to hear from you.
Use the Twitter tag #WordsWhereYouAre
or share them on the dictionary’s website
tinyurl.com/WordsWhereYouAre
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