Nickname for Pound Ridge, NY. Used by most every
teen in town (although probably mostly males), it refers NOT to everyone being filthy rich, as that is only a VERY small percentage. And those dudes probably
don't know it's even called The Dirty. Was developed originally because there is nowhere to hang but the reservation and reservoirs, and the
kids would come home filthy dirty. Was adopted primarily as a word of pride from the
local boys, because not only were they not afraid of getting filthy and lost in the woods, they kept their filthy secrets SECRET. What happens in The Dirty, stays in The Dirty. A Bedford
guy will never be as cool as
one from The Dirty Ridge. Just a fact.
