phrase Street Slang

On da Wes' Bank

· phrase · nola

Across the Mississippi from NOLA proper — Algiers, Gretna, Marrero, Harvey.

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Refers to everything across the Mississippi from the main bulk of New Orleans — Algiers, Gretna, Marrero, Harvey, Belle Chasse, the whole strip. Confusing on a map, because the river bends so hard around the city that 'the West Bank' is actually due south or even east of downtown at points. The yat-flavoured pronunciation 'on da Wes' Bank' (dropped R, swallowed T) is the giveaway you're talking to a local.

“My cousin stays on da Wes' Bank — twenty minutes over the bridge if there's no wreck.”
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On da Wes' Bank In A Sentence

My cousin stays on da Wes' Bank — twenty minutes over the bridge if there's no wreck.

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