8. Called a pizza place once asked for “a pie.” Person I was with was terrified. Said “but you didn’t say pizza pie what if they think you mean apple?”
9. “A regular coffee.” (AKA milk, 2 sugars)
10. Going to the corner store for a “hero.”
11. “Chop cheese.”
12. “I gotta go food shopping” (everyone else in the country says grocery shopping).
13. “Let me get a corner square extra cheese.”
In conversation:
14. “How you do’n” = I don’t f*^king care how you doing
15. “Yo that’s my son.”
16. “Fuckisyoutalkinbout” is one word.
On transportation:
17. “It’s showtime ladies and gentlemen”
18. “Gonna bust a U-eee (youie) real quick.” [U-turn]
19. “Can I get a swipe?”
General vocabulary:
20. “I’m going to the city”…meaning Manhattan, even if you live in Brooklyn.
21. If you leave outside of the 5 boroughs: you live upstate!
22. You know, the rent is too damn high.
23. “It’s mad brick outside.”
24. “B and T” = Bridge and Tunnel.
25. Instead of standing in line, NYers stand “on line.”
26. “Blocks” not streets, “stoop” not steps.
27. “Not for nothing.”
28. “I’m deadass.”
29. “AIGHT, SO BOOM.”
30. “It’s a wrap.”
31-42. Bruh (stop playing) bruhhh (are you serious?) bro (watch yourself) gimme my 3 feet (get away from me) dumb (exaggerate “dumb brick out”) whip (nice car) guap (money) trippin (being extra) beef (difference of opinion) you good (are you ok?) Don’t worry about it? (Stop.) You’re cool. (Do we have a problem?)
43. “Only in NY…” means you just saw some crazy ish rolling down the street