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Ace001 | 07:25 Wed 07th Sep 2005 | Phrases & Sayings
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Why is New Orleans called the "Big Easy"?
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The earliest meaning of 'easy' was not 'simple' - which is largely how we use it today - rather it meant 'at ease' or 'free of restraint'. So, the application of that adjective to New Orleans was a reference to how laid-back it was...what with the French influence, jazz, prostitution etc...as opposed to the rest of strait-laced USA. 
07:45 Wed 07th Sep 2005
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Click here for a website with some suggestions as to the actual origin of the phrase.

08:15 Wed 07th Sep 2005
Avatar Image Peter Pedant

erm, its called the Big Stink, these days isnt it ?

Sorry if this remark is offensive to some readers, and reeks of trans-atlantic hoity-toity ness to others

16:44 Wed 07th Sep 2005

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