A term only used by tourists and new people moving into NYC that think they are cool when in reality, they are not and try to use the term to show their non-existent coolness. They quickly realize that real New Yorkers don't say this term when one gives them a dirty look and that NYC consists of 5 boroughs and not just Manhattan.
Adriana: You're from NYC??
Sue: Yeah, I'm from the Big Apple! Can't you tell?
Adriana: *Spits in her face* Don't fucking lie to me.
Sue: Yeah, I'm from the Big Apple! Can't you tell?
Adriana: *Spits in her face* Don't fucking lie to me.
by Dena C. May 3, 2008
Name used for New York City (Manhattan) by non-New Yorkers -- anyone that calls NYC "The Big Apple" that lives in New York should be shot multiple times in the face.
Faggot: Yo - are u goin to the big apple on tuesday!!!???
Guy: Dont ever say the big apple again or i will be forced to kill you
Guy: Dont ever say the big apple again or i will be forced to kill you
by Johnny Fellone May 18, 2004
A term that people who have never been to New York use to refer to New York that New Yorkers themselves never use.
"Ah, you're from The Big Apple."
by The Wild Weston March 3, 2022
Dude 1: I'm so excited to visit the Big Apple this summer!
Dude 2: Dude, if you wanna blend in, don't EVER call it that...
Dude 2: Dude, if you wanna blend in, don't EVER call it that...
by AnalogKid17 January 5, 2012
by mdemon9991 December 21, 2004
Nickname for New York City. Originally termed by a newspaper man to describe Broadway, as in the big apple to which everyone aspired. Eventually came to mean the entire New York City.
by Hallie Corson October 20, 2004