About This Quiz
Like any city, New York has its own language. You better study up before you talk to the natives. In this quiz, we'll test your knowledge of how New Yorkers speak in their native habitat. Put down your kosher bagel and take this quiz!Dude, that's so whack! Or maybe it's just wack. This is what you say when something is really messed up.
Yo, stop grilling at my whack T-shirt. I borrowed it from my friend Vinny,
Man, it's a fact. I'm telling ya. When something is true then it is a fact, plain and simple.
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You do so much walking in New York that you frequently need to buy new kicks. There are some seriously fly kicks in New York.
Every girl deserves to have some expensive ice around her neck from her man. But even in the jewelry district, the ice is seriously expensive.
Yo, you seriously don't want to take it there with the tough guys on the streets of New York. You just don't want to take it there.
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Girl, it is seriously brick outside. You better put on your Louis Vuitton coat. You can also say that it's mad brick outside.
You can be mad tight over something that happened at work. It's also possible to be tight over your commute home on the subway.
It's possible to be mad thirsty when your girl isn't picking up the phone. Also, when you're out of cash and can't pay your rent.
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"Get the f*ck outta here!" is a way of expressing enormous disbelief. If someone says that they have won the lottery, you can use this phrase.
What's up, kid? "Kid" can be interchanged with "bro." It's even possible to call a close friend "dog."
If you get a serious new whip, then be sure to drive around the city with the bass pumping through your speakers. Otherwise, there's no reason to own a car in the city.
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You simply call it the City. Basically, there are no other cities, except for one City. And you only have to call it the City.
When you order a bagel with a schmear, then they know to add a lot of cream cheese to it. Do not order extra cream cheese on the side.
Pie refers to pizza. If you're ordering a pizza, you say that you'd like a medium or large pie.
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You can buy some dumb fly kicks on the streets of New York. Dumb can be used in place of very at any time.
New York is also known as Gotham. That's right, the reference is from Batman.
Yo, son, those are some fly kicks. Son, you gotta try that mad good pie at the end of the block.
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You're acting like a crazy thirst bucket over that girl you met on Tinder. Seriously, son, you gotta chill.
The bodega is the shop on the corner where you buy groceries, smokes and coffee. If it's a good bodega, then it sells beer.
Are yooz coming with us to the Yankees game? You can also say ya'll in place of yooz.
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Kid, are you seriously driving that old hooptie around Brooklyn? You look like a serious spaz when you do that.
Yo, B, what time are we going out tonight? I can pick us up some beer at the bodega.
B, that ice is so sick, I'm dead ass losing my mind right now. Where did you find the cash for that bling?
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Yo kid, I'm in mad need of some guap right now. How else am I going to buy the kosher bagel with the shmear?
Yo B, I was not going to take it there but that dude straight up snuffed me while I wasn't looking. I'm straight up angry right now. (Careful - snuff can also refer to something much more violent than a punch.)
Bro, you have some beef against me? Don't say that you want to take it there, because I can seriously take it there.
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Kid, are you fronting with those new kicks? I know you ain't got the guap to afford that sh#t.
I gotta get to that Yankees game, and I'm mad thirsty for tickets. Na'mean, kid?
Chill out scrap. You're getting crazy over there. It ain't worth it to take it there.
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Sometimes, you go out on a Saturday night just to schtupp someone. It happens. Tinder is good for schtupping.
On summer days, it's nice to sit out on the stoop. There is no schtupping allowed on the stoop! But there is schlepping.
You can seriously schvitz on a hot day in New York. That's why it's important to have AC!
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Yo B, what's good? This is another way of asking what is going on or how someone is.