Manhattanesen.adj.
/manˌhatəˈniːz/, /manˌhatnˈiːz/, U.S. /mænˌhætnˈiz/, /mənˌhætnˈiz/ A. n.
1. † b. A member of a North American Indian people formerly inhabiting Manhattan Island, New York. Obsolete.
a. A native or inhabitant of Manhattan, (the borough including) the island on which the older part of New York City is built, or (more generally) of New York City as a whole.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > New York > parts of
Manhattanese1828
West Sider1851
Harlemite1890
1828 J. F. Cooper Notions Amer. I. 200 The New Yorkers (how much better is the word Manhattanese!) cherish the clumsy inconvenient entrances.
1842 J. F. Cooper Wing-and-Wing I. 193 This gentleman was an American, and a native Manhattanese; his near relatives, of the same name, still residing in New York.
1844 Knickerbocker 23 586 The sound of India-crackers and the pleasant smell of lobsters is already perceptible to the senses of the awakening Manhattanese.
1909 Nation (N.Y.) 9 Sept. 238/3 Perhaps the most amusing thing in the book is an interpolated story based on a difference of opinion between New Englanders and Manhattanese on the subject of doughnuts and crullers.
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1852 H. R. Schoolcraft Information Indian Tribes U.S. II. 23 The natives had manifested very marked hostility on the lower parts of the river, particularly the Manhattanese, who killed one of the seamen with an arrow.
2. The speech or language characteristic of Manhattan or of New York City.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > American English > varieties of
Midland1785
New England1839
Chicagoese1883
Bostonese1888
New Yorkese1888
Brooklynese1893
Western American1901
Manhattanese1908
Harlemese1928
southern1935
jive1938
Yinglish1951
lockjaw1965
Valley Girl1982
Valspeak1982
Valleyspeak1983
Yat1984
1908 S. Ford Side-stepping with Shorty vi. 91 He drops the imitation society talk that he likes to spout, and switches to straight Manhattanese.
1925 Amer. Mercury Aug. 469/2 In a Manhattanese picked up during two years reportorial experience in Brooklyn, [he] exclaimed: ‘Aw, come 'n' have a drink’!
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §181/5 Manhattanese, language peculiar to New Yorkers.
B. adj.
Of or relating to Manhattan or New York City.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in U.S.A. > New York
New York1711
west side1834
New Yorkish1838
Manhattanese1842
New Yorky1874
1842 J. F. Cooper Wing-and-Wing I. 11 Hundreds collected on the spot, which, in Manhattanese parlance, would probably have been called a battery.
1875 W. Whitman in Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 706 I was Manhattanese, friendly, and proud.
1904 Forum (N.Y.) Jan.–Mar. 410 ‘Her Own Way’..brings together a number of highly piquant Manhattanese types of to-day, sketched with captivating drollery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1828