World Trade

English

Proper noun

the World Trade

  1. (informal) Ellipsis of World Trade Center.
    • 1994, “Juicy” (0:41 from the start)‎[1] (Hip Hop), spoken by The Notorious B.I.G.:
      Remember Rappin' Duke? Duh-ha, duh-ha
      You never thought that hip-hop would take it this far
      Now I'm in the limelight 'cause I rhyme tight
      Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade
    • 2001 October 9, Nancy Francis, transcriber, quoting Russell Harris, World Trade Center Task Force Interview: EMT Russell Harris‎[2], archived from the original on 10 September 2005, page 2:
      So by the time that we signed for our equipment and we were going out to the unit, my partner, who was Mr. Kagenaar, he happened to look over out the gate and saw that the World Trade was on fire.
    • 2010 July 19, Tim Povtak, quoting Dwyane Wade, “Heat Supporting Cast Has Become Better Than Expected”, in FanHouse‎[3], AOL, archived from the original on 20 July 2010:
      We enjoy the bullseye. Plus, there's going to be times when we lose 2-3 games in a row, and it seems like the world has crashed down. You all (media) are going to make it seem like the World Trade is coming down again, but it's not going to be nothing but a couple basketball games.
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