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Classic New York English
152 entries · New York
Boroughs & neighborhoods
98 entries · New York
Subway & street
87 entries · New York
Noun
60 entries · New York, Jamaica, Boston, London, Ireland
Food & bodegas
42 entries · New York
noun phrase
39 entries · New York, London
Adjective
31 entries · London, Ireland, Scotland, New York, Jamaica
Hip-hop & media
28 entries · New York
Wider British English
27 entries · London
Current London usage
26 entries · London
Plans & social life
24 entries · New York
Reactions & judgment
24 entries · New York
Everyday Speech
21 entries · Ireland, London, Scotland, Jamaica
People
14 entries · London, Ireland
Agreement & confirmation
13 entries · New York
Sensitive or insulting
12 entries · New York
proper place name
11 entries · New York
Reactions
11 entries · London, Ireland
Conversation
10 entries · Ireland
Food and Drink
9 entries · Ireland, London, Boston
Intensifiers
8 entries · New York
Friendship & address
7 entries · New York
Greetings
7 entries · Ireland, London
Proper Noun
7 entries · Boston, New York
Relationships
7 entries · London
Appearance
6 entries · London
Countable noun
6 entries · London
Insults
6 entries · London, Ireland
Plural Noun
6 entries · London, Boston, Ireland, New York
Praise
6 entries · Ireland, London
verb; noun
6 entries · London, New York, Ireland
adverb; adjective
5 entries · Ireland, New York, London
Irish English
5 entries · Ireland
noun; adjective
5 entries · New York
noun; real-estate term
5 entries · New York
phrasal verb
5 entries · Ireland, London, New York
Regional Vocabulary
5 entries · Ireland, Boston
Approval
4 entries · London
Cockney heritage
4 entries · London
directional adjective
4 entries · New York
Forms of address
4 entries · London
Hospitality
4 entries · London, Ireland
Humour
4 entries · Ireland, London
interjection
4 entries · New York, London
Money
4 entries · London
proper nickname; neighborhood name
4 entries · New York
proper noun; service name
4 entries · New York
proper road name
4 entries · New York
Rhyming slang
4 entries · London
Sensitive language
4 entries · Ireland
Verb Phrase
4 entries · Ireland, Boston, London
Weather
4 entries · New York, Scotland, Ireland
Youth speech
4 entries · Ireland
adjective; noun
3 entries · New York, Ireland
adverb; adjective; noun
3 entries · New York
Behaviour
3 entries · Ireland, London
Dublin speech
3 entries · Ireland
Family
3 entries · Ireland
Grammar
3 entries · Ireland
Grammar tags
3 entries · London
Greeting / question
3 entries · London, Ireland
Greetings & call-outs
3 entries · New York
initialism; place label
3 entries · New York
Irish language
3 entries · Ireland
Jamaican influence
3 entries · London
Mild vulgarity
3 entries · Ireland
Noun / address term
3 entries · London
noun; form of address
3 entries · New York
Plans
3 entries · London, Ireland
Politics
3 entries · Ireland
Prices
3 entries · London
Pronunciation
3 entries · Ireland
proper nickname
3 entries · New York
Questions
3 entries · Ireland, London
Regional identity
3 entries · Ireland
regulatory phrase
3 entries · New York
Responses
3 entries · Ireland
Scots
3 entries · Scotland
Transportation
3 entries · Boston
Warnings
3 entries · Ireland, London
abbreviation; place label
2 entries · New York
Adjective / interjection
2 entries · London
Adjective / reaction
2 entries · London
Clothing
2 entries · London
Condition
2 entries · London
Contemporary Ireland
2 entries · Ireland
Context-Dependent
2 entries · Jamaica, Boston
Dating
2 entries · London
Dublin
2 entries · Ireland
Effort
2 entries · London
Embarrassment
2 entries · Ireland
Everyday Slang
2 entries · Boston
Exhaustion
2 entries · Ireland
Farewells
2 entries · London, Ireland
Groups
2 entries · London
Home
2 entries · Ireland
Household
2 entries · Boston, Ireland
Intensity
2 entries · London
interjection; phrase
2 entries · New York
Irish-language influence
2 entries · Ireland
Jamaican Patois
2 entries · Jamaica
Local Shorthand
2 entries · Boston
Negative judgement
2 entries · London
Noun / insult
2 entries · Ireland
Noun phrase / reference expression
2 entries · Ireland
noun; verb
2 entries · New York
Nouns
2 entries · Ireland
Objects
2 entries · Ireland
Organisation
2 entries · London
phrase; interjection
2 entries · New York
Place
2 entries · London
place noun phrase
2 entries · New York
Problems
2 entries · Ireland
proper abbreviation
2 entries · New York
Reference expressions
2 entries · Ireland
Regional Divide
2 entries · Boston
Reliability
2 entries · London
Rural Ireland
2 entries · Ireland
Sensitive labels
2 entries · Ireland
Sport
2 entries · Ireland
Storytelling
2 entries · Ireland
Travel
2 entries · Ireland
Understatement
2 entries · Ireland
Verb
2 entries · New York, Boston
verb; adjective-like participle
2 entries · New York
verb; participle
2 entries · New York
Work
2 entries · Ireland
acronym; neighborhood name
1 entry · New York
Actions
1 entry · Ireland
Adjective / approval
1 entry · Ireland
Adjective / embarrassment expression
1 entry · Ireland
Adjective / exclamation
1 entry · London
Adjective / intensifier
1 entry · Ireland
Adjective / noun used as praise
1 entry · Ireland
Adjective / past participle
1 entry · Ireland
Adjective / response
1 entry · Ireland
Adjective / slang abbreviation
1 entry · Ireland
adjective; adverb; noun
1 entry · New York
adjective; noun phrase
1 entry · New York
Adverb
1 entry · Boston
Adverb / determiner
1 entry · London
adverb; adjective; verb
1 entry · New York
announcement; fixed phrase
1 entry · New York
Arguments
1 entry · London
Banter
1 entry · London
Body words
1 entry · Ireland
Boston-Specific
1 entry · Boston
Boundaries
1 entry · London
Brand Nickname
1 entry · Boston
callout; noun
1 entry · New York
catchphrase; ordering phrase
1 entry · New York
Children
1 entry · Ireland
Coarse Slang
1 entry · Boston
Cockney influence
1 entry · London
Collective noun
1 entry · London
Common Usage
1 entry · Scotland
Communication
1 entry · London
Complaints
1 entry · Ireland
condiment phrase
1 entry · New York
Contested Usage
1 entry · Boston
Countable noun / verb
1 entry · London
Deception
1 entry · London
Diner Culture
1 entry · Boston
Directions
1 entry · Ireland
Disappointment
1 entry · London
Discourse marker
1 entry · Ireland
Discourse markers
1 entry · Ireland
discourse phrase
1 entry · New York
Disrespect
1 entry · London
Driving
1 entry · Boston
Events
1 entry · Ireland
Everyday Object
1 entry · Boston
Everyday Shorthand
1 entry · Boston
Excitement
1 entry · London
Exclamation / verb / intensifier
1 entry · Ireland
Exclamations
1 entry · Ireland
Familiar Address
1 entry · Boston
Footwear
1 entry · London
Generational Slang
1 entry · Boston
Grammar construction / habitual aspect
1 entry · Ireland
Grammar construction / recent perfect
1 entry · Ireland
Greeting / progress question
1 entry · Ireland
Habitual action
1 entry · Ireland
Happiness
1 entry · London
Historical Slang
1 entry · Boston
History
1 entry · Ireland
Home and daily life
1 entry · London
Identity Label
1 entry · Boston
idiom; noun phrase
1 entry · New York
Imperative phrase
1 entry · London
Informal speech
1 entry · Ireland
initialism; proper place shorthand
1 entry · New York
Intensifier
1 entry · Boston
Interjection / tag
1 entry · London
interjection; greeting
1 entry · New York
interjection; plural noun
1 entry · New York
interjection; pronunciation spelling
1 entry · New York
Intonation
1 entry · Ireland
Irish English grammar
1 entry · Ireland
Irish-derived words
1 entry · Ireland
Irish-language adjective / farewell element
1 entry · Ireland
Irish-language noun
1 entry · Ireland
Irish-language noun / toast
1 entry · Ireland
Jamaican Usage
1 entry · Jamaica
Language identity
1 entry · Ireland
Local Commerce
1 entry · Boston
Local Identity
1 entry · Boston
Music
1 entry · Ireland
Negative question form
1 entry · Ireland
Neighborhood
1 entry · Boston
Neighborhood Speech
1 entry · Boston
Neighbourhoods
1 entry · London
New England
1 entry · Boston
nickname; descriptive phrase
1 entry · New York
nickname; neighborhood abbreviation
1 entry · New York
Noun / attributive adjective
1 entry · London
Noun / food term
1 entry · Ireland
Noun / identity label
1 entry · Ireland
Noun / offensive insult
1 entry · Ireland
Noun / placeholder word
1 entry · Ireland
Noun / political insult
1 entry · Ireland
Noun / regional food word
1 entry · Ireland
Noun / regional label
1 entry · Ireland
Noun / social expression
1 entry · Ireland
Noun / verb element
1 entry · Ireland
Noun phrase / political label
1 entry · Ireland
noun phrase; adjective
1 entry · New York
noun phrase; local advice
1 entry · New York
noun phrase; service explanation
1 entry · New York
noun; food shorthand
1 entry · New York
noun; idiomatic phrase
1 entry · New York
noun; plural in Italian form
1 entry · New York
noun; regional nickname
1 entry · New York
oath phrase
1 entry · New York
ordering phrase; adjective phrase
1 entry · New York
Parking Culture
1 entry · Boston
place noun
1 entry · New York
Placeholder words
1 entry · Ireland
Plural noun / event name
1 entry · Ireland
plural noun phrase
1 entry · New York
plural noun phrase; service explanation
1 entry · New York
plural noun; nickname
1 entry · New York
plural proper place name
1 entry · New York
Positive
1 entry · Jamaica
Potentially Coarse
1 entry · Boston
prepositional phrase
1 entry · New York
Pronoun / noun
1 entry · London
Pronouns
1 entry · London
proper event name
1 entry · New York
proper initialism; railroad name
1 entry · New York
proper initialism; transit system name
1 entry · New York
proper nickname; noun phrase
1 entry · New York
proper noun; fare card
1 entry · New York
proper noun; transit-payment system
1 entry · New York
proper organization name
1 entry · New York
proper place phrase
1 entry · New York
proper program name
1 entry · New York
proper railroad name
1 entry · New York
proper service name; noun phrase
1 entry · New York
proper transit service name
1 entry · New York
Public Transit
1 entry · Boston
Quantity
1 entry · London
question; phrase
1 entry · New York
Recent events
1 entry · Ireland
Regional Navigation
1 entry · Boston
Regional variation
1 entry · Ireland
Requests
1 entry · London
Sarcasm
1 entry · Ireland
Sarcastic response
1 entry · Ireland
School
1 entry · Ireland
Shopping
1 entry · Ireland
Snow
1 entry · Boston
Social life
1 entry · Ireland
Social media
1 entry · Ireland
Strength
1 entry · London
Surprise
1 entry · London
Swearing
1 entry · Ireland
Tag / discourse marker
1 entry · London
tag question; phrase
1 entry · New York
Takeaway culture
1 entry · Ireland
Teasing
1 entry · London
Thanks
1 entry · London
Time
1 entry · Ireland
Time expression
1 entry · Ireland
Tiredness
1 entry · London
Toasts
1 entry · Ireland
Travel basics
1 entry · London
Verb / countable noun
1 entry · London
Verb / uncountable noun
1 entry · London
verb; adjective
1 entry · New York
Vulgar language
1 entry · Ireland
Waterford
1 entry · Ireland
Youth culture
1 entry · Ireland