Nuyorican
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Nuyorican
1970–75; by alteration (influence of Spanish Nu ( eva ) Yor ( k ) New York)
Example Sentences
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Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions is adapting “Happy Place” into a Netflix TV series co-written and showrun by “Bridgerton” co-executive producer Leila Cohan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025
In 2020, her production company Nuyorican Productions was also sued for $40 million by a woman who inspired Lopez’s character in the film “Hustlers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
In 1990, he starred in his first play, “Don’t Explain” by Samuel B. Harps, at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
To start, the Puerto Rican actor, who grew up on the Lower East Side, had to trade his Nuyorican accent for a Southern drawl to play the Atlanta-based GBI agent.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2023
Someday Ml have a poetry reading and a one-man show at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe on the Lower East Side.
From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes
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