The city of dukes, Albuquerque. While many uneducated YOLOs claim the origin is unknown, the original gente knows. The word is short for the original spelling of the city "Alburquerque", in which you find the word burque. This is the original name of the founders and the original city in Spain.
Learn history before promoting things you know nothing about. Burque comes from Alburquerque, the original spelling of the city. Damn YOLOs.
by Lakrymist August 27, 2013
Slang/abbreviation for city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. The term, although specific origins are unknown, is thought to have lingered through generations of "Burqueños," (people from Albuquerque).
Conflict:
Very recently there has been a collective reaffirmation of this nickname in response to current Mayor Martin Chavez's announcement of a commercially-driven re-branding of Albuquerque as the "the Q." Many people feel as if this new nickname has nothing to do with Albuquerque, but with a gentrified version of the city that has been sanitized to be more palatable to outside investors. Nevertheless, new city buses and other city-run aspects of the community have adopted/been branded with this new catch-phrase.
Conflict:
Very recently there has been a collective reaffirmation of this nickname in response to current Mayor Martin Chavez's announcement of a commercially-driven re-branding of Albuquerque as the "the Q." Many people feel as if this new nickname has nothing to do with Albuquerque, but with a gentrified version of the city that has been sanitized to be more palatable to outside investors. Nevertheless, new city buses and other city-run aspects of the community have adopted/been branded with this new catch-phrase.
The Frontier restaurant is classic Burque: old people on sundays, pop-punk teens at 11pm after their concert, cholos at any time of day, and when all the bar-going individuals somehow find their way up from downtown when the bars close.
by El Burqueño October 22, 2007
by bmojo June 8, 2007
We're representing Burque, the 505, up here in this hizzouse! A shout out to yall in Burque missing out on this! Wooooooo!
by Tomsoma March 22, 2003
Pronounced "Booed-Kay", it's slang for Albuquerque, a medium sized town in the middle of the New Mexican desert.
Albuquerue's public schools rated at the lowest in the nation, and therefore it was decided to make the name into something easier to spell, thus sparing numerous 9th grade equivalent adults the embarrasment of trying to spell Albuquerque for the growing flood of noobs from actual cities.
Albuquerue's public schools rated at the lowest in the nation, and therefore it was decided to make the name into something easier to spell, thus sparing numerous 9th grade equivalent adults the embarrasment of trying to spell Albuquerque for the growing flood of noobs from actual cities.
"The Burque is one of the few places where the disorganized labor force can be exploited without dissent."
by Jacob K Reist January 30, 2008
Refers to Albuquerque, NM.
It is the inspiration for a forthcoming real-estate venture, to be known as "Burque Homes".
Burque Homes slogan will be:
"Burque Homes...holmes. Get your home from Burque Homes, holmes."
It is the inspiration for a forthcoming real-estate venture, to be known as "Burque Homes".
Burque Homes slogan will be:
"Burque Homes...holmes. Get your home from Burque Homes, holmes."
by BurqueRobot April 8, 2009
The nickname given to Albuquerque by hispanic locals. In the past ten years or so a nameless local free weekly magazine decided to steal the term and anglicize for their own shameless self promotion by changing the pronounciation from Burque to "Ber-kee".
by McLuvin505 May 3, 2008