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New York attitude 

A staightforward, candid way of perceiving and communicating: friendly, {gregarious}, helpful, possibly in a hurry. Bullshit filters develop as a New Yorker matures, protection against the overwhelming, {ubiquitous} flood of endless words and images. Some N.Y. responses may sound {brusque} but it's a means of budgeting time. Being expedient.
The pedestrian and traffic patterns are as schooling fish; no one stays in a traffic lane and everyone moves at their own pace. New Yorkers are within reach of the best restaurants, finest museums and richest cultural activites, and they know that most out-of-towners are not. They're perceived as being cocky know-it-alls, people with a New York Attitude.

A secondary meaning is, it's used as code for Jewish culture, "behavior" "imtellect" and whatever other {stereotype} with which they choose to refer to one-quarter of New York City's population
Those rich Rosenbergs who just moved to town and opened the deli are wise asses who think they know everything - they sure have a New York attitude!
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new york attitude 

Someone who's primary residence is New York city and thinks their shit doesn't stink.
When Jack piped up with his unwarranted comment on the

subject it was very clear his(New York Attitude " ).
had taken over before his brain kicked in .
new york attitude by YCTS1999 July 23, 2016

A Booger In The Nose Of Progress 

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.
"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

or

"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."
Word of the Day on June 2, 2026

🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.
Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻
Word of the Day on June 1, 2026
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
Word of the Day on May 31, 2026
Add a tablespoon of jarlic to two teaspoons of butter and spread it in bread to make garlic bread
Jarlic by YSAC fanboy June 6, 2020
Word of the Day on May 30, 2026
An armpit enthusiast — typically of the scent, appearance, and touch of hairy underarms.
That dude’s such a pitpig, I have to wear deodorant to keep him at bay.
Pitpig by wimbledon May 28, 2026
Word of the Day on May 29, 2026