https://newyork.localmean.com/feed.xml2026-07-21T12:00:00Zhttps://newyork.localmean.com/bet/2026-07-21T12:00:00Z

Okay, agreed, understood, or challenge accepted.

https://newyork.localmean.com/bodega/2026-07-21T12:00:00Z

A small neighborhood grocery or convenience store, often independently operated and woven into daily city life.

https://newyork.localmean.com/brick/2026-07-21T12:00:00Z

Extremely cold, especially when describing the weather outside.

https://newyork.localmean.com/bugging/2026-07-21T12:00:00Z

Acting irrationally, overreacting, misunderstanding, or saying something unreasonable.

https://newyork.localmean.com/chopped-cheese/2026-07-21T12:00:00Z

A hot sandwich of chopped ground beef and melted cheese, commonly served on a hero with toppings and strongly associated with New York bodegas.

https://newyork.localmean.com/deadass/2026-07-21T12:00:00Z

Seriously, truthfully, or completely; also used to show that a person is not joking.

https://newyork.localmean.com/downtown/2026-07-21T12:00:00Z

Toward the southern or lower-numbered-street direction in Manhattan; it can also refer to Lower Manhattan or other context-specific central areas.

https://newyork.localmean.com/facts/2026-07-21T12:00:00Z

Strong agreement that a statement is true or accurate.

https://newyork.localmean.com/heard/2026-07-21T12:00:00Z

Understood, acknowledged, or message received.

https://newyork.localmean.com/mad/2026-07-21T12:00:00Z

Very, extremely, or a lot of; in other contexts it can still mean angry.

https://newyork.localmean.com/on-line/2026-07-21T12:00:00Z

Waiting in a queue; a well-known New York regional alternative to in line.

https://newyork.localmean.com/say-less/2026-07-21T12:00:00Z

I understand; no further explanation is needed; consider it handled.

https://newyork.localmean.com/son/2026-07-21T12:00:00Z

A familiar way to address another person, often a male friend or peer, without literally meaning one’s child.

https://newyork.localmean.com/the-city/2026-07-21T12:00:00Z

Often Manhattan, especially when spoken by people in another borough or the surrounding metro area; in other contexts it can mean New York City as a whole.

https://newyork.localmean.com/tight/2026-07-21T12:00:00Z

Upset, annoyed, or bothered; elsewhere it can also mean close, secure, or excellent.

https://newyork.localmean.com/uptown/2026-07-21T12:00:00Z

Toward the northern or higher-numbered-street direction in Manhattan; it can also name particular northern areas depending on context.

https://newyork.localmean.com/valid/2026-07-21T12:00:00Z

Good, acceptable, impressive, legitimate, or worth approving.

https://newyork.localmean.com/wildin/2026-07-21T12:00:00Z

Behaving excessively, recklessly, dramatically, or far outside what the speaker considers reasonable.

https://newyork.localmean.com/word/2026-07-21T12:00:00Z

Really, understood, agreed, or that is true, depending on tone.

https://newyork.localmean.com/yerrr/2026-07-21T12:00:00Z

A loud greeting, attention call, or energetic acknowledgment.