The Big Apple

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Web Name: The Big Apple

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Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeye's fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.

Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.

This site is edited by Barry Popik.

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The Big Apple. An etymological dictionary (over 29,000 entries) investigating the origins of American words, names, quotations and phrases, specializing in modern slang, neologisms, nicknames, acronyms, slogans, mottoes, proverbs, adages, idioms. aphorisms, blessings, toasts, riddles, puns, jokes and memes. There are regional dictionaries of New York City, Florida, Oregon and Texas. Established 2004. A website by Barry Popik (etymologist "King of Dad Jokes and Oneliners").

2020 EXTRA: 1100+ Coronavirus (COVID-19) quotes, jokes, riddles, puns, pickup lines, memes, portmanteaus, acronyms, anagrams and terms.

Above, the header from the 1924 newspaper column of John J. Fitz Gerald. Click to see a portion of the column which includes his use of "Big Apple." Part of a 1926 column is also available.

Above, a cartoon representing the idea of the "big apple" from October 11, 1926. Click to see the full version.

SUMMARY: "Why is New York called the Big Apple?"

New York City The Big Apple Pre-1920s 1920s: John J. Fitz Gerald and the N.Y. Morning Telegraph 1930s: Jazzing the Big Apple 1940s-1950s: Assorted Big Apple citations 1960s: Fun City 1970s: Big Apple Revival 1970s-present: False Etymologies 1980s-present: Big Apple work by Gerald Cohen, Barry Popik Art/Sculpture Banking/Finance/Insurance Buildings/Housing/Parks Calendar Education/Schools Exercise/Running/Health Clubs Film Festivals Food/Drink Food Festivals Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health Holidays/Events/Parades Hotels Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/Circus Names/Phrases Neighborhoods Nicknames/Slogans Radio/Television Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores Sports/Games Streets Time/Weather Transportation Work/Businesses Workers/People Nicknames of Other Places Africa's Big Apple, Big Agbalumo, Big Yam (Lagos nicknames) Baghdad-By-The-Bay (San Francisco nickname) Beantown (Boston nickname) Big Apple of the Midwest (Columbus, Ohio nickname) Big Apricot (fictional Metropolis) Big Chilli (Bangkok, Thailand nickname) Big Durian (Kuala Lumpur nickname) Big Easy, City That Care Forgot (New Orleans nicknames) Big Friendly (Oklahoma City nickname) Big Guava (Tampa nickname) Big Lychee (Hong Kong and Shanghai nickname) Big M (Meadowlands Race Track nickname) Big Mango (Bangkok, Thailand nickname) Big Mikan (Tokyo, Japan nickname) Big Nipple (Los Angeles nickname) Big O, Magic City (Omaha nicknames) Big Olive (Thebes, Greece nickname) Big Orange (California, Orange County-NY, Tel Aviv nickname) Big Peach, Hotlanta, N.Y. of the South (Atlanta nicknames) Big Persimmon (Tokyo, Japan nickname) Big Pineapple (Honolulu, Hawaii; San Jose, Costa Rica) Big Plum, Mistake On The Lake (Cleveland nicknames) Big Potato (Boise, Idaho nickname) Big Raisin (Fresno, California nickname) Big Scrapple (Philadelphia nickname) Big Smoke (London, England and Toronto, Canada nickname) Big Strawberry (Garden Grove, California nickname) Big Taco (Los Angeles and Mexico City nickname) Big Tomato, Sacratomato (Sacramento nicknames) Biggest Little City in the World (Reno, Nevada nickname) Brazilian Big Apple (São Paulo, Brazil nickname) Broadway North, Hollywood North (Toronto, Canada nicknames) Charm City, Monumental City (Baltimore nicknames) City of Brotherly Love, Kiladelphia (Philadelphia nicknames) City of Light or Ville Lumière (Paris, France nickname) City of Magnificent Distances (Washington, DC nickname) City of Straits, Motor City or Motown (Detroit nicknames) Cream City (Milwaukee nickname) Garden State (New Jersey nickname) I'm From Missouri. Show Me; Puke State Iron City, Smoky City, Steel City (Pittsburgh nicknames) Little Apple (Manhattan, Kansas nickname) Little Easy (Mobile, Alabama and Oxford, MS nickname) Manhattan of the Middle East (Abu Dhabi and Dubai nickname) Mile High City (Denver nickname) Mini Apple, City of Flour

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