| bridge-and-tunnel Mar 1st 2013, 19:47 | | | | Line 10: | Line 10: | | | | | | | | # {{context|pejorative}} Of people who travel to a city via bridge or tunnel from surrounding communities. | | # {{context|pejorative}} Of people who travel to a city via bridge or tunnel from surrounding communities. | | | + | #* {{quote-magazine | | | + | | date = 1981-04-06 | | | + | | title = Suburban Punk | | | + | | first = Henry | | | + | | last = Post | | | + | | magazine = [[w:New York (magazine)|New York]] | | | + | | issn = 0028-7369 | | | + | | quotee = Jim Fouratt | | | + | | passage = What I learned is that the so-called '''bridge-and-tunnel''' crowd is a state of mind. There are just as many '''bridge-and-tunnel''' minds in Manhattan as anywhere else. | | | + | }} | | | #* {{quote-magazine | | #* {{quote-magazine | | | | year = 1990 | | | year = 1990 |
Revision as of 19:47, 1 March 2013 English Etymology From the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority and the fact that travel to Manhattan Island requires passage over a bridge or through a tunnel. Alternative forms Adjective bridge-and-tunnel (comparative more bridge-and-tunnel, superlative most bridge-and-tunnel) - (pejorative) Of people who travel to a city via bridge or tunnel from surrounding communities.
- 1981 April 6, Henry Post quoting Jim Fouratt, "Suburban Punk", New York, ISSN 0028-7369:
- What I learned is that the so-called bridge-and-tunnel crowd is a state of mind. There are just as many bridge-and-tunnel minds in Manhattan as anywhere else.
- 1990 July, Joe Bob Briggs, "My Life as Joe Bob Briggs", Texas Monthly, ISSN 0148-7736, page 132:
- "Tonight we get the Bridge-and-Tunnel People." He said this like, "Tonight the Nazis attack."
"The Bridge-and-Tunnel People?"
"They come from Jersey and Long Island to get drunk and have a good time."
- 1999 August 1, Stamler, Bernard, "Whose Hamptons Are They Anyway?", The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
- And much to the consternation of their city cousins, many of whom view them with the same disdain they reserve in the other three seasons for the bridge-and-tunnel people who dare to cross the Hudson and East Rivers for a bit of Manhattan glamour, they seem to be taking over.
- 2009 March 9, Nate Fillion as Richard Castle, "Flowers for Your Grave", Castle season 1 episode 1:
- Well, you're not bridge-and-tunnel. No trace of the boroughs when you talk. So that means Manhattan, that means money.
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