Only A Native New Yorker Will Get 100% On This NYC Slang Quiz!
New Yorkers are fiercely proud of their city, and they’ve come up with a whole set of words they use to describe everyday life. Only a true New Yorker will be able to answer all of the questions on this quiz, can you? Take our quiz and find out!
Old New York Slang
New York has given us a huge legacy of slang words and phrases like: Hot dog, rush hour, butter-and-egg man, gold digger, shyster, buttinsky, smart aleck, sidewalk superintendent, yellow journalism, breadline, straphanger, tar beach, the Tenderloin, the Great White Way, to do a Brodie--these are just a few of the hundreds of popular words and phrases that were born or took on new meaning in the streets of New York