A very short period of time. So named because New York is a busy city where people are in such a rush that a minute seems to pass in less than sixty seconds.
When the most attractive girl in school asked me if I wanted to have sex with her, I thought about it for a New York minute before saying "yes".
by Whiskey Zulu December 7, 2003
Get the New York minutemug. Faster than you can be raped, stabbed, robbed, and left for dead in a pile of your own feces in da big city.
by Ralph the Wunderllama December 10, 2003
Get the New York Minutemug. "If we could find a merger in another city that would work as well, we'd do it in a New York minute" (Jonathan Golden).
by kanchi September 8, 2009
Get the New York minutemug. by dudeman December 8, 2003
Get the New York minutemug. Refers to the hectic life of typical businesspeople in New York City. Often used to put work load into context.
by Eric December 9, 2003
Get the New York Minutemug. an imaginary amount of time refering to how fast people from new york city (not new york state) do things. the time differences of new york city and the rest of the world is the reason an average yorkie can't survive outside their city for more than 4 days.
yorkie: i went to freakin' colorado and it took this jackass 20 minutes to charge the sweater i bought! you know i'm used to things being done in a new york minute, i can't stand that crap!
by Denia May 11, 2006
Get the New York Minutemug. the amount of time it takes between a tourist arriving in new york city and the moment he is brutally beaten and mugged.
larry was excited to see the statue of liberty, but in a new york minute his dumb wisconsin ass was in the ER.
by Clay Bertrand December 11, 2003
Get the New York Minutemug.