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outer boroughs 

Any borough of NYC that is not Manhattan, namely Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Staten Island. Mainly used by Manhattan elitists who do not consider the four other boroughs part of NYC property- but it is.
She lives in one of the outer boroughs and commutes to work.
outer boroughs by Shirley L. January 14, 2006

boroughing 

the act of traveling from one borough to another in New York; specifically from Manhattan to other far away lands such as The Bronx or Brooklyn; other boroughs don't actually count as nobody from Manhattan ever travels that far in a single day
Alesia and I are boroughing to Coney Island, so we have to leave at 6:00 a.m. and stay the entire weekend.

I was thinking of boroughing up to Target.
boroughing by bambugg10 July 24, 2009

5 boroughs of death

the 5 boroughs of NYC...

1. Manhattan (New York County)
2. Brooklyn (Kings County)
3. Queens (Queens County)
4. The Bronx (Bronx County)
5. Staten Island (Richmond County)
5 boroughs of death, you dont understand, i got New York City in the palm of my hand...........
I GOT STATEN ISLAND ON MY PINKY.
QUEENS ON MY THUMB DUDE.
THE BRONX ON MY MIDDLE FINGER SCREAMIN FUCK YOU.
ROCK ICE IN MANHATTAN SO THERE'S THE RING FINGER.
YOU KNOW I HAD TO KEEP BROOKLYN ON THE TRIGGER FINGER.

----Papoose

5 boroughs of death by mello13 April 10, 2009
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