Tue 24 Apr 2007
Word of the Week: Bronkers
Posted by TJ under Word of the Week
BRONKERS \BRONK urz\ noun: The desolate stretch of the Harlem and Hudson Line commute, marked by brick project buildings and lots of trash, where you’re not sure if you’re in the Bronx or Westchester. (A.K.A. “YONX”)
Usage: “I’m on my way home, baby. We’re going through Bronkers, so it’ll probably be another 20 minutes or so.”
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March 31st, 2008 at 9:07 am[…] dirty and lonely stretch of the metropolitan area right along the Westchester/Bronx border known as Bronkers. And right along the border is this former ballfield. You’ll see a black backstop that […]
November 3rd, 2008 at 12:33 pm
That’s awesome. Seriously, aren’t there any boy scout or girl scout troops that could go clean up some of this trash near the tracks? There’s everything candy wrappers and soda bottles to old mattresses and baby strollers. Some parts of the lines going into NYC are just horrible to look at, yet nobody ever does anything about it.