New Yorkese

American  

[yawr-keez, -kees] / jɔrˈkiz, -ˈkis /

noun

1. the speech thought to be characteristic of a person from New York City, as in pronunciation or vocabulary.

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Etymology

Origin of New Yorkese

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95; New York + -ese

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Example Sentences

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New Yorkese

Mr. Lorayne would hear the names of hundreds of audience members and then rattle them off — “Mr. Stinson, Miss Graf, Mrs. Graf, Miss Finkelstein” — in his rapid-fire New Yorkese.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2023

So over the years it’s become customary to sub in the vague New Yorkese that Hollywood uses as a universal signifier for white working class.

From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2021

And he speaks only the language of New Yorkese circa the 1980s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2020

Mr. Calderon writes florid, rapid-fire New Yorkese, which is necessary because his characters’ gift of gab is all they have.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2018

Others were flocking from every direction, the group forming with a suddenness truly New Yorkese.

From From the Car Behind by James Montgomery Flagg

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