English

Noun

Strong Island ‎(uncountable)

1. (slang) Long Island in New York.^[2]
   • 2007. Strong Island Underground, New York Times, Sept. 30, 2007:

     Not for nothing do bodybuilders and rappers brag and swagger about living on “Strong Island.”

Usage notes

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the "Strong Island Boys" were a mostly white, middle class "gang" or "posse" which tried to emulate the mostly minority gangs they saw in New York City.^[3]

The "Strong Island Sound", a US Basketball Association expansion team, uses Strong Island as part of its name. Its name is a play on the Long Island Sound.

References

1. ↑ Sounding Off in Suburbia: For its pop musicians, Long Island is a place to love, lambaste or leave. But it sets the creative juices flowing, Newsday, accessed June 1, 2006.
2. ↑ Rap Dictionary (part 3 of 4), dated May 1, 2004
3. ↑