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What's your favorite nabe in downtown Brooklyn? — Brooklynian

What's your favorite nabe in downtown Brooklyn?

precious williams
precious williams
edited November -1 in Park Slope

Subject: What's your favorite nabe in downtown Brooklyn?

I'm sure I've missed some hoods out, sorry. Vote for the neighborhood you'd most like to live in, not necessarily the one you currently do live in.

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  • stacey
    stacey
    I voted PH but Gowanus/Cobble Hill is where I grew up so it holds a very special place in my heart :)
  • steve
    steve
    Went for North Slope, someone has to.
  • precious williams
    precious williams
    Hmm, Prospect Heights is getting the most love! I live in North Slope but chose Carroll Gardens. No Slo would be a close second for me though, I think its great.
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    I voted PH. While I like cobble hill and north slope, they are way too crowded. I always get vague willies walking down the avenues in the slope.
  • precious williams
    precious williams
    alafairnadia wrote: I voted PH. While I like cobble hill and north slope, they are way too crowded. I always get vague willies walking down the avenues in the slope.
    You mean men expose themselves to you?
  • meanderthal
    meanderthal
    Vague Willy: the unpublished, coming-of-age prequel to Free Willy. :shock:
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    just tried to wiki this but have not found adequate translation. gettin' the willies is very similar to being given the heebie-jeebies. I have a feeling these are all hillbilly terms, as I picked them all up from my mom's family.

    vague willies = getting a bit wigged out.

    why can't I explain this with non-colloquialisms?
  • steve
    steve
    alafairnadia wrote: just tried to wiki this but have not found adequate translation. gettin' the willies is very similar to being given the heebie-jeebies. I have a feeling these are all hillbilly terms, as I picked them all up from my mom's family.

    vague willies = getting a bit wigged out.

    why can't I explain this with non-colloquialisms?
    I think Precious was messsing with you...
  • meanderthal
    meanderthal
    alafairnadia wrote: just tried to wiki this but have not found adequate translation. gettin' the willies is very similar to being given the heebie-jeebies. I have a feeling these are all hillbilly terms, as I picked them all up from my mom's family.

    vague willies = getting a bit wigged out.

    why can't I explain this with non-colloquialisms?
    Willies was a common term throughout my Oklahoma upbringing. I never looked it up until today, having always just accepted it axiomatically. urbandictionary.com gives it as "a sense of dread or extreme discomfort", which pretty much matches my understanding of the term. Merriam Webster dates it from 1896, and marks it "origin unknown".
  • precious williams
    precious williams
    steve wrote: [quote=alafairnadia]just tried to wiki this but have not found adequate translation. gettin' the willies is very similar to being given the heebie-jeebies. I have a feeling these are all hillbilly terms, as I picked them all up from my mom's family.

    vague willies = getting a bit wigged out.

    why can't I explain this with non-colloquialisms?
    I think Precious was messsing with you...


    :wink:
  • escap
    escap
    What? Only 1 vote so far for Fort Greene (mine)? You guys are insane. :evil:
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