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A humorous exaggeration of the local dialect pronunciation of Long Island.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A representation of the local pronunciation of Long Island, in which word-final ⟨ng⟩ is pronounced /ŋɡ/ rather than /ŋ/. Full definition →
A humorous exaggeration of the local dialect pronunciation of Long Island.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.