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New Yorkers will spend hours talking about how unique and special bodegas like other cities dont have grocery stores

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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Do they also think they came up with the word bodega

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Bodega is a newyorkese word that stands for "grocery store"

[–] Rod_Blagojevic@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Does bodega mean all grocery stores or is it just the corner store where you can buy cigarettes, way overpriced salty snacks, and old vegetables (when they have them)?

[–] huf@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

it's from a native language once spoken on manhattan