New York Slang - Notes

Idiom, phrasal verb or slang

The situation

Phrases with similar meaning or sentiment

BLING-BLING

Dressed in exaggeratedly fashionable way

Someone arrives at a party

Wow! What a fashion victim / Bling-bling

FIVE LARGE

$5000

You went to speak to your bank manager

You took out a loan for $5000 / five large

PHAT

Awesome, brilliant

You go see a great movie It was like awesome / phat
TREE HUGGER

An environmentalist or person concerned about green issues.

Talking about a friend Did you know Susanne's very environmentally aware / a tree hugger.
A PLAYER

A person who has lots of sexual relations with lots of different people

Fiona arrives at the party with another new partner How does she do it? / What a player!

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