[KC Burke]

I’m worried that the Post has to use “bodega” in its lead. Are they worried that they aren’t trendy enough? Was there not a more imprecise word they could pick?

[HighSierra5]

What’s a bodega?

[livius]

No, Nothing political about “bodega.” In NYC, that’s what people elsewhere call a “corner store.” Also, this is a heavily Hispanic neighborhood, most of them from DR (Dominican Republic).

I still don’t understand exactly what started this.

[higgmeister]

In 1986 Paul Simon released the Graceland Album and in the song "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" he included lyrics that mentioned the bodegas on upper Broadway.

And she said honey take me dancing
But they ended up by sleeping
In a doorway
By the bodegas and the lights on
Upper Broadway
Wearing diamonds on the soles of their shoes

So it's not like we haven't heard the word a few thousand times up to now.   Plus, this Southern man only visited Manhattan for a two week training class in 1983 so it's not like have been familiar with an actual bodega.   The point is, I still know what it is.

[Popman]

I’m worried that the Post has to use “bodega” in its lead. Are they worried that they aren’t trendy enough? Was there not a more imprecise word they could pick?

Obviously, you have never been to NYC.