Meanings
proper noun
- derogatoryDerogatory name for New York City: a major city in New York, United States.
In campaign speeches, he has called on interest groups that seem to have nothing in common to find common ground. He has been guarded in talking to the press - no doubt remembering the grief that the Hymietown remark brought him during the 1984 campaign.
1988 March 11, Don Wycliff, “The Editorial Notebook; The New Jesse Jackson”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2023, A, page 34
Origin
From Hymie + town, in reference to the city's large Jewish population.
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APA
Hymietown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hymietown
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“Hymietown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hymietown. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hymietown,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hymietown.
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