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1. (New York Minute) (1128↑, 89↓)
A New York minute is an instant. Or as Johnny Carson once said, it's the interval between a Manhattan traffic light turning green and the guy behind you honking his horn. It appears to have originated in Texas around 1967. It is a reference to the frenzied and hectic pace of New Yorkers' lives. A New Yorker does in an instant what a Texan would take a minute to do.

I'll have that ready for you in a New York Minute

2. (New York minute) (688↑, 299↓)
n. Stupid, retarded [Olsen Twins] movie about 2 [fucktards] running loose in NYC. Gigantic waste of film. One of the worst movies of all time.

I turned that shit off in a New York Minute.

3. (new york minute) (337↑, 81↓)
The smallest measurable amount of time in the universe. Approximately equal to the time between a traffic light turning green in New York City and the cab driver behind you honking his horn.

It was all over in a new york minute.

4. (New York Minute) (199↑, 55↓)
An imaginary measurement of time that indicates an extreme quickness. Lending itself to the fast-paced lifestyle associated with New York City.

When I was in the Bronx I got mugged, shot, raped, and murdered in a New York Minute. In Detroit it would take at least 2.

5. (new york minute) (132↑, 33↓)
1. taken from the general belief that everything in new york moves faster than the rest of the world, hence a new york minute is more like a split second 2. a split second 3. a quick moment

i'll get this job done in a new york minute.

6. (New York minute) (104↑, 32↓)
A very brief period of time, presumably considerably less than an Omaha minute.

I'll be there in a New York minute.

7. (New York Minute) (52↑, 15↓)
A split second; a turnaround.

\<i\>In a new york minute Everything can change In a new york minute Things can get pretty strange In a new york minute Everything can change In a new york minute\</i\> "New York Minute" by The Eagles

8. (New York Minute) (21↑, 6↓)
v. Quick, fast and in a hurry.

I'll be there to get you in a New York Minute.

9. (New York Minute) (15↑, 7↓)
A very fast minute. You use this saying when you'll be back, or have something done, really quick.

"I'll have the cookies here in a New York minute\!"

10. (New York Minute) (22↑, 18↓)
1. A NEW YORK MINUTE has exactly the same length like every other minute in the World. What gives the expression its meaning is the AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY you can squeeze into a standard minute. Simple: when you are in New York, more things seem to happen in a minute than elsewhere. 2. it is NOT a time mode of Max Payne 2, but the tagline of the games atmosphere. duh\!

...everything ripped apart in a New York minute... (tagline of the game Max Payne 2)

11. (New York minute) (5↑, 2↓)
An extremely short period of time

"If we could find [a merger in another city] that would work as well, we'd do it in a New York minute" (Jonathan Golden).

12. (new york minute) (9↑, 6↓)
A very short unit of time. Analogous to about a day in one of those flat, boring, rural states in the middle of the country.

"Dude, you better move fast, that shit is gonna get snapped up in a New York minute."

13. (new york minute) (8↑, 5↓)
A very short period of time; within a blink or a heartbeat. Originates from the legendary fast pace of life in New York.

I can beat that score in a new york minute.

14. (New York Minute) (9↑, 7↓)
an imaginary amount of time refering to how fast people from new york city (not new york state) do things. the time differences of new york city and the rest of the world is the reason an average [yorkie] can't survive outside their city for more than 4 days.

yorkie: i went to freakin' colorado and it took this jackass 20 minutes to charge the sweater i bought\! you know i'm used to things being done in a new york minute, i can't stand that crap\!

15. (New York minute) (8↑, 6↓)
A very short period of time. So named because New York is a busy city where people are in such a rush that a minute seems to pass in less than sixty seconds.

When the most attractive girl in school asked me if I wanted to have sex with her, I thought about it for a New York minute before saying "yes".

16. (New York minute) (5↑, 3↓)
Really fast, lickety-split; just ask me and I'll jump on it.

I can whip up some martinis in a New York minute.

17. (New York minute) (6↑, 5↓)
An extremely short period of time.

I was over that weed, in a new york minute.

18. (new york minute) (8↑, 7↓)
Very quick amount of time...noted by NYC's fast pace

When the J-Lo song came on the radio, he turned the station in a New York Minute

19. (New York Minute) (6↑, 6↓)
Seven Seconds

You have a New York Minute, Just so you know that's seven seconds.

20. (New York Minute) (11↑, 11↓)
the amount of time it takes between a tourist arriving in new york city and the moment he is brutally beaten and mugged.

larry was excited to see the statue of liberty, but in a new york minute his dumb wisconsin ass was in the ER.

21. (New York Minute) (9↑, 9↓)
Faster than you can be raped, stabbed, robbed, and left for dead in a pile of your own feces in da big city.

Whoa, bitch\! That blow job is supposed to take longer than a New York Minute\!

Author: Ralph the Wunderllama http://new-york-minute.urbanup.com/389111
22. (New York Minute) (0↑, 1↓)
Traditionally it has meant in the blink of an eye. But after 9/11, due to the large air play of the song New York Minute (by Don Henley, and covered by the Eagles) it has taken on the further connotation of "A Blink Of an Eye that Changes Everything." Cataclysmic.

A sudden accident that takes a life. Any senseless violence, or of course the 9/11 attacks themselves. But it can be a good event too. When New York legalized Gay Marriage, the media reported the event as a New York Minute - the signing of that bill would change the state forever.

23. (New York Minute) (5↑, 6↓)
Approximately sixty seconds.

Don: For how long do I have to microwave this? Lawrence: For a New York Minute.

24. (new york minute) (24↑, 25↓)
time in new york city, new york state

It can happen in a New York minute.

25. (new york minute) (10↑, 11↓)
A very small amount of time, based on the implication that as New York, NY is the city that never sleeps, time moves more rapidly within its city limits.

He consumed the sirloin steak like a rat on a Cheeto in a New York minute.

26. (New York Minute) (5↑, 6↓)
Quicker than quick; a "New York minute" is relative to a few seconds everywhere else.

"It happened so fast; it was all over in a New York minute\!"

27. (New York Minute) (6↑, 7↓)
Refers to the hectic life of typical businesspeople in New York City. Often used to put work load into context.

Phew\! I just did 2 hours of work in a New York minute\!

28. (new york minute) (5↑, 7↓)
Approximately 36 seconds, as opposed to the normal 60 seconds in a minute

"So would you do her?" "In a new york minute."

29. (new york minute) (6↑, 8↓)
The time between the light turns green and the guy behind you honks his horn.

That bitch got pissed off in a New York Minute when i stole her shit.

30. (new york minute) (5↑, 8↓)
a time from when the light turns green, to when the person behind you honks the shizzle out of you

daaaaaaamn.......that light went by in a new york minute dawg\!\!\!

31. (new york minute) (6↑, 10↓)
time it takes for derek jeter to suck off joe torree while A-Rod jack's off in the corner

steinbrunner..."Hey bernie they done down there?"... bernie..."Yep" steinbrunner..."Damn...that wat i call a new york minute"

32. (New York Minute) (4↑, 9↓)
Approximately equal to one second in reality.

I'll have it done in a New York minute\!

33. (new york minute) (7↑, 13↓)
1:The average amount of time it takes for a New Yorker(male) to cum. New Yorkers tend to talk the talk, but cannot walk the walk. This goes for fighting also, bringing us to a second definition. 2: The time it takes to kick the shit out of a New Yorker.

1: Sarah knew that Tony would be done in a New York minute, after she stuck her thumb up his ass. 2: I got in 3 fights in NY, not one of them lasting longer than a New York minute.

34. (New York Minute) (2↑, 11↓)
A quickie in Central Park

"Let's have a quickie in the woods in the park. It'll only take a minute."

35. (New York Minute) (4↑, 13↓)
A Max Payne difficulty level

Pretty cool mode

36. (New York Minute) (3↑, 12↓)
1. An undefined amoutnt of time. Could be much longer or shorter than a minute because of the dynamics of city life. 2. Timed difficulty mode of Max Payne

1. My life changed in a New York minute 2. WOOO I fainally beat Max Payne on New York Minute.

Author: Just zis guy, you know? http://new-york-minute.urbanup.com/390533
37. (New York Minute) (4↑, 14↓)
A fuxing hard difficulty setting o Max Payne. You have 1 minute to finish the level, but you can gain seconds to your time by killing ans stuff.

"\>_\< OMFG how the fuck am I supposed to run that fast to the fucking end of the fucking subway"

38. (New York Minute) (12↑, 27↓)
N. A minute, a length of time that is observed in New York City. Does not differ from a regular minute.

A New York Minute is sixy seconds, just like in the rest of the world.

Related: minute, instant, time, blink of an eye, delay, new york, nyc, second
Last updated: 2012.03.01

Urban English dictionary. 2013.

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