Talk:Binghamton, New York
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Nicknames
I've never heard anyone refer to Binghamton as "Bingo," but I have heard people derisively call it "Bingo-ville" or (once) "The Bing-Hamptons." ktheory 04:50, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- "Bingo" is an acceptable nickname, though rarely used, but I have only heard "Bingoville" once (pejoratively), and never "Bing-Hamptons". I'm removing these.--128.226.37.120 15:59, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Bingo
To native "binghamtonians", "Bingo" is a common way to refer to the city. It's slang, and probably a new thing (I highly doubt anyone over 65 years old would know what it means)...
But, to the younger generation of people it's a common term...especially used in emails...for obvious reasons.
But anyone who refers to bingo as "binghampton" deserves a stiff kick in the groin. Anyone from the area would know that comes from the misspelling on the pine lounge tee shirt. (most likely a joke done on purpose to mock anyone who would call it such a thing....this city is light years from long island)
Binghamton as "Bingo."
While working at Dick's Clothing and Sporting Goods as a teenager, when we were out of something we would often call one of the other Dick's stores (in Syracues, Rochester, etc.) to see if they had what the customer wanted. To address our Dick's counterparts from the other stores we would say that we were calling from the "Bingo" Dicks. They, in turn, would say: "Let me check with the Bingo store..."