- you know what “call you for it” or “choose you for it” means.
- you get scared when a stranger randomly starts up a conversation with you.
- you can’t stand leaving the city because people everywhere else are so nice, it’s annoying.
- you curse….a lot.
- you believe that if you’re not from the 5 boroughs, you’re not really from New York.
- you never call it Manhattan, you call it “the city”.
- you love, not like, Billy Joel’s music (and you know all of the words).
- you leave and miss it…but when you’re there, it sucks.
- you’ve actually eaten a “dirty water dog” and pronounce it dawg, not dog
- you know what a squeegee guy is.
- police sirens don’t effect you anymore.
- you show your middle finger at least five times a day.
- the word off comes out sounding like awff… instead of Parking the car…..You pock the caw. (visitor submission)
- you can drive your car in rush hour while applying make-up, shifting gears, talking on a cell phone, honking the horn, and flipping someone off all at the same time.
- you really don’t get what a “Big New Yorker” or “Brooklyn-style” pizza is.