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A very small amount of time, based on the implication that as New York, NY is the city that never sleeps, time moves more rapidly within its city limits. He consumed the sirloin steak like a rat on a Cheeto in a New York minute.
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June 20, 2005 Urban Word of the Day
A New York minute is an instant. Or as Johnny Carson once said, it's the interval between a Manhattan traffic light turning green and the guy behind you honking his horn.
It appears to have originated in Texas around 1967. It is a reference to the frenzied and hectic pace of New Yorkers' lives. A New Yorker does in an instant what a Texan would take a minute to do. I'll have that ready for you in a New York Minute
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n. Stupid, retarded Olsen Twins movie about 2 fucktards running loose in NYC.
Gigantic waste of film. One of the worst movies of all time. I turned that shit off in a New York Minute.
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The smallest measurable amount of time in the universe. Approximately equal to the time between a traffic light turning green in New York City and the cab driver behind you honking his horn. It was all over in a new york minute.
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An imaginary measurement of time that indicates an extreme quickness. Lending itself to the fast-paced lifestyle associated with New York City. When I was in the Bronx I got mugged, shot, raped, and murdered in a New York Minute. In Detroit it would take at least 2.
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1. taken from the general belief that everything in new york moves faster than the rest of the world, hence a new york minute is more like a split second
2. a split second 3. a quick moment i'll get this job done in a new york minute.
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A very brief period of time, presumably considerably less than an Omaha minute. I'll be there in a New York minute.
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A split second; a turnaround. <i>In a new york minute
Everything can change In a new york minute Things can get pretty strange In a new york minute Everything can change In a new york minute</i> "New York Minute" by The Eagles |
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