Meaning of bridge-and-tunnel | Babel Free

Definitions

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

New-York-City, derogatory, not-comparable, slang

Examples

“"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."”

“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.”

“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.”

“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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