Nuyorican

[noo-yaw-ree-kuhn, nyoo‑]

noun

1. Neorican.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nuyorican¹

1970–75; by alteration (influence of Spanish Nu ( eva ) Yor ( k ) New York)

Example Sentences

Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions is adapting “Happy Place” into a Netflix TV series co-written and showrun by “Bridgerton” co-executive producer Leila Cohan.

From Los Angeles Times

Eddie Palmieri, the Grammy-winning Nuyorican pianist, bandleader and composer who helped innovate Afro-Caribbean music in the States and transform the New York salsa scene, died on Wednesday.

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In 2020, her production company Nuyorican Productions was also sued for $40 million by a woman who inspired Lopez’s character in the film “Hustlers.”

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In addition to book promotion duties, Goldsmith-Thomas will be juggling roles as a producer of “Office Romance,” the third Lopez feature film for Netflix, along with other Nuyorican Productions projects in her role as president of Lopez’s banner.

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From that moment, his mentor and her husband took him under their wing, introducing Toro to the arts in ways he never imagined — Salvador Dalí exhibits, Latin jazz concerts and even his first poetry reading when he was 17 at a “tertulia,” a party at the home of the legendary Nuyorican poet, Pedro Pietri.

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