I am a 4th generation Texan and an OWL (old white lady). But even way back when I was in college,

[efhmc]

there was the expression in a "New York minute". Just saw it in one of the post here and was wondering if it was universal. Here is some google info: Johnny Carson once said, it's the interval between a Manhattan traffic light turning green and the guy behind you honking his horn.

It appears to have originated in Texas around 1967. It is a reference to the frenzied and hectic pace of New Yorkers' lives. A New Yorker does in an instant what a Texan would take a minute to do.

The problem with that date is that I remember it before 1967.

[TwilightZone]

1. It predates the 1967 reference. Merriam-Webster says 1954.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20York%20minute

Google says it dates to the 1920s, but doesn't have any specifics or a source.

[efhmc]

2. I was from a suburb of Dallas but a very cool west Texas girl was the one who used the

saying. I need to go back and see who posted it here. Seem like accepted slang all over.

[TwilightZone]

3. I think it's pretty universal now.

I grew up in the upper plains and it was pretty common there. That was a few decades ago.

The Don Henley song came out 30 years ago; that might have further popularized it.

[efhmc]

4. I saw it was a song but always wondered who started it.

Need to finish balancing my check book and writing bills but reminiscing was more fun.

[OriginalGeek]

5. I grew up all around Dallas in the 70s early 80s

- Irving, Duncanville, Garland, Grand Prairie and Arlington among others -and I remember people using the phrase. But I don't remember any phrase that included "New York" being used kindly lol.

[efhmc]

6. Thought it was a heartless place but still very sophisticated.

If you wanted to be an artist or artist type, it was where one headed. Richardson was my home.

[OriginalGeek]

7. Me and my friend took dates to the Magic Time Machine in Richardson

That was the most money I had ever spent on food lol (we were barely 18). It was fun but we never went back. I lived at my friend's house for a long while in between high school and growing up (well, I may still be working on that.) I had a pallet on the floor in his room. But his mom was an art teacher at the local High School and encouraged us to draw and paint. She called us bohemians and I remember having to look that up but being perfectly fine with it once I did. He sells his watercolors and photography online now and while I don't make a living doing art, I do still have fun doing it.

[efhmc]

9. A positive adult/teacher can do wonders to help young people succeed in life.

I wish our country valued them more.

[kairos12]

8. When I lived in Panama

the time between the light turning green and a driver blowing his horn was called a "Panosecond."

[efhmc]

10. Clever. Just was in Houston this weekend and people are still not

that quick to honk. Manners or armed citizens?

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. I'm an OWL in TX too

Though only a 2nd gen Texan. Howdy!

[efhmc]

12. Hey, darling. So nice to have someone around who understands the

nuisances of us southern feminists. I have rw women come up to me on the street out of nowhere based I guess on my OWL appearance and start asking me to join their weird church or some other group they are a part of. Hearing my mom in my ear I try to be polite but want to scream they they are programmed idiots and to please leave me alone.