Gawker 
Jul 31, 2008 1:21 PM
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Real estate folks made up terms like SoHo and TriBeCa in order to hype up undeveloped neighborhoods. But if you're not in real estate, you just sound like a jerk! In Time Out this week, two Bushwick roommates call their area of Brooklyn "Billywick or Bushburg. "You sound like an asshole when you say you’re from Williamsburg," says one. (Uh-oh. A casual Google search shows a couple MySpacers listing Billywick as their 'hood.) [Time Out]
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