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- noun A dialect of
English spoken in New York. - noun People, or one person, from New York.
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Examples
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So you know, in kind of New Yorkese, "You ain't seen nothing yet."
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Although the word "gridlock" is vintage New Yorkese, only Washington could take the word and give it an entirely different meaning, as in "political gridlock," which is what happens when little gets done.
John B. Townsend II: Gridlocked: Staring at Brake Lights and Holding First Place John B. Townsend II 2011
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Although the word "gridlock" is vintage New Yorkese, only Washington could take the word and give it an entirely different meaning, as in "political gridlock," which is what happens when little gets done.
John B. Townsend II: Gridlocked: Staring at Brake Lights and Holding First Place John B. Townsend II 2011
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His staccato, polysyllabic, deadpan New Yorkese was the opposite of what we had been taught to expect.
Sound and Fury Dave Kindred 2006
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"Okay, so this old guy dies and goes up to heaven," I began in the same voice, which to my ear was dripping in New Yorkese.
Honeymoon Patterson, James 2005
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“New York tawk features a diphthongal aw sound,” Elster observes, “that in heavy New Yorkese sounds almost disyllabic.”
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Although the transliteration of the New Yorkese phrase has appeared on T-shirts around the country, the expression is not being dropped by Noo Yawkiz, which so often happens when a dialect phrase becomes adopted by outsiders.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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“New York tawk features a diphthongal aw sound,” Elster observes, “that in heavy New Yorkese sounds almost disyllabic.”
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Although the transliteration of the New Yorkese phrase has appeared on T-shirts around the country, the expression is not being dropped by Noo Yawkiz, which so often happens when a dialect phrase becomes adopted by outsiders.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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In New Yorkese, “two or three” becomes a couple few.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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