Yorkvillian (inhabitant of Yorkville, Manhattan)
"Yorkvillian” is the name of an inhabitant of Yorkville, in the borough of Manhattan. The name “Yorkvillian” has been cited in print since at least 1920. Wikipedia: Yorkville,…
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“Enlighten the people and tyranny and oppressions will vanish like phantoms at dawh”
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) wrote to Pierre S. Dupont de Nemours on April 24, 1816: "Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits…
Riverdalian (inhabitant of Riverdale, Bronx)
"Riverdalian” is the name of an inhabitant of Riverdale, in the borough of the Bronx. The name “Riverdalian” has been cited in print since at least 1871. . Wikipedia: Riverdale,…
Greenwich Villager (inhabitant of Greenwich Village)
"Greenwich Villager” is the name of an inhabitant of Greenwich Village, in the borough of Manhattan. The name “Greenwich Villager” has been cited in print since at least 1887. The term…
Inwoodite (inhabitant of Inwood, Manhattan)
"Inwoodite” is the name of an inhabitant of Inwood, in the borough of Manhattan. The name “Inwoodite” has been cited in print since at least 1929. Wikipedia: Inwood, ManhattanInwood is…
Chelseaite (inhabitant of Chelsea, Manhattan)
"Chelseaite” is the name of an inhabitant of Chelsea, in the borough of Manhattan. The name “Chelseaite” has been cited in print since at least 1935. An inhabitant of Chelsea has also…
Chelsean (inhabitant of Chelsea, Manhattan)
"Chelsean” is the name of an inhabitant of Chelsea, in the borough of Manhattan. The name “Chelsean” has been cited in print since at least 1939, when a neighborhood newspaper titled The…
Murray Hiller (inhabitant of Murray Hill, Manhattan)
"Murray Hiller” is the name of an inhabitant of Murray Hill, in the borough of Manhattan. The name “Murray Hiller” has been cited in print since at least 1870. Wikipedia: Murray Hill,…
Woodsider (inhabitant of Woodside, Queens)
"Woodsider” is the name of an inhabitant of Woodside, in the borough of Queens. The name “Woodsider” has been cited in print since at least 1882. Wikipedia: Woodside, QueensWoodside is a…
Sunnysider (inhabitant of Sunnyside, Queens)
"Sunnysider” is the name of an inhabitant of Sunnyside, in the borough of Queens. The name “Sunnysider” has been cited in print since at least 1923. Wikipedia: Sunnyside, QueensSunnyside…
Jamaican (inhabitant of Jamaica, Queens)
"Jamaican” is the name of an inhabitant of Jamaica, in the borough of Queens. The name “South Jamaican” (for South Jamaica, Queens) has been cited in print since at least 1980.…
Astorian (inhabitant of Astoria, Queens)
"Astorian” is the name of an inhabitant of Astoria, in the borough of Queens. The name “Astorian” has been cited in print since at least 1876. The city of Astoria, Oregon, was also named…
Flatbusher (inhabitant of Flatbush, Brooklyn)
"Flatbusher” is the name of an inhabitant of the Flatbush, in the borough of Brooklyn. The name “Flatbusher” has been cited in print since at least 1842. The Brooklyn Dodgers (also…
Boweryite (inhabitant of the Bowery)
"Boweryite" is the name of an inhabitant of the Bowery, in the borough of Manhattan. The name "Boweryite" has been cited in print since at least 1857. The term…
Tribecan (inhabitant of Tribeca, Manhattan)
"Tribecan" is the name of an inhabitant of Tribeca (Triangle Below Canal Street), in the borough of Manhattan. The name "Tribecan" has been cited in print since at least 1980.…
Pork New York Chop
The National Pork Board and the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2013 created new names for cuts of pork; the new names -- such as "porterhouse chop," "T-bone chop,"…
“Skull full of mush” (student’s head before education)
The film The Paper Chase (1973) involved a Harvard-type law school. Professor Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr. (played by the actor John Houseman) said to his first-year law students: "The study of…
Red Hooker (inhabitant of Red Hook, Brooklyn)
"Red Hooker" is the name of an inhabitant of Red Hook, in the borough of Brooklyn. The name "Red Hooker" has been cited in print since at least 1870. "Red Hooker" is…
Borough of Cemeteries (Borough of the Dead)
The boroughs of both Brooklyn and Queens are known for their cemeteries. The writer Irwin Shaw (1913-1984) wrote in the short story, "Borough of Cemeteries," in The New Yorker, August 13,…
Park Sloper (inhabitant of Park Slope, Brooklyn)
"Park Sloper" is the name of an inhabitant of Park Slope, in the borough of Brooklyn. The name "Park Sloper" has been cited in print since at least 1907. Wikipedia: Park Slope,…