NYRICAN

[podling]

I saw this license plate today. NJ license, "NYRICAN". Now, I'm pretty sure they requested this, given that it spells out a word (of sorts), but what *exactly* is it that they're trying to say?

Is it a play on "american", like, "I'm from NY, yet american and patriotic"? Or is it more vague than that, like, I'm from puerto rico (hence, puerto RICAN) and from NY, giving us NYRICAN? Discuss.

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nyrican

[(Anonymous)]

A newyorican is a term for puerto ricans who have lived their whole life in NY, and they have their own culture. In fact, Avenue C in NY is now called newyorican ave, but then again, very few people go to visit Avenue C... they tend to talk spanglish.. english with mutilated spanish thrown in.


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