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09-22-2007, 08:17 PM
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I heard the term "bergen county prisses" from a saleswoman I was working with.
What does it mean?
I grew up in bergen, but oh well there are things I just dont know
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09-23-2007, 06:10 PM
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Never heard the term, lol sorry to laugh, but I grew up in Bergen, not even in the wealthiest area, but I experienced quite a few nasty remarks when I first started college and people asked me where I was from.
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09-23-2007, 07:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hopeful127
Never heard the term, lol sorry to laugh, but I grew up in Bergen, not even in the wealthiest area, but I experienced quite a few nasty remarks when I first started college and people asked me where I was from.
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my dad used to joke with his sisters who lived in River Edge that they were the "rich snobby ones" because we were Hudson County trash, LOL.
i never heard that term...what kind of nasty remarks did you get? |
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09-23-2007, 07:41 PM
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lol basically that I thought I was rich, or better than people, total opposite, i would bring some friends from school to my house, and they would imply that because I have a front and backyard that I was rich. Just ignorance.
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09-23-2007, 08:13 PM
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No the saleswoman i heard it from was about another bergen county sales woman
She was from Teaneck, and I think the other woman she was referring is from paramus.
I was wondering what it means. But I have met quite a few girls from Bergen County that can be prisses, especially north of rt 4
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09-23-2007, 08:16 PM
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lol well not all people north of rt. 4 are that bad, lol im sorry that you have encountered such rudeness.
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09-23-2007, 09:08 PM
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Well towns like garfield, fairlawn, paramus, bergenfield, dumont, waldwick, etc are ok
But Tenafly, alpine, etc uuuugggghhhh
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09-23-2007, 09:15 PM
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Yea once you hit those areas, you can just forget about it, lol.
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09-23-2007, 11:29 PM
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When people say the word "priss" they usually mean "moneyed," which automatically means spoiled to some people. I think you'll hear the term "priss" all over the country when addressing someone who is assumed to have money. It's a jealousy thing. (And no, I'm not rich. But this is rather silly--wouldn't you expect more from a grown-up? The salesperson would have gone down a notch in my eyes for that one.  ) |
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09-23-2007, 11:43 PM
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I think it has something to do with a "specific stereotype" that girls in Bergen County have.
She also said, "She's a Bergen County Girl"
I wonder what that is supposed to mean. I never heard Hudson county girl or passaic county girl.
I have heard "New York Girl", "bronx girl", "California Girl" and that usually is comes with a very specific definition.
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