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bridge-and-tunnel

adj

Etymology

From the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority and the fact that road travel to Manhattan Island requires passage over a bridge or through a tunnel.

Definitions

  1. Of people who travel to Manhattan via bridge or tunnel from surrounding communities.

    • "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."
    • The worst drug calamity, the worst-case scenario, was that you accidentally took too much ecstasy and were actually nice to a Bridge-and-Tunnel person.

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