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Barry Popik (b. 1961) is a rated chess master and administrative law judge who has also run for political office. Barry Popik was born in 1961 and raised in Rockland County, New York. He is a Manhattan resident since 1988.

Popik was a candidate for election as Manhattan Borough President on the Republican Party and the Liberal Party of New York lines. Popik received more than 44,000 votes but finished second to Scott Stringer, who received more than 200,000 votes. Stringer spent more than $1.5 million on his election campaign, whereas Popik spent less than $10,000. Popik's showing is respectable in a heavily Democratic city where the Republican Party did not even bother to run candidates for Comptroller, Public Advocate or District Attorney.

Popik is an administrative law judge of parking violations. He is also a contributor-consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary, Dictionary of American Regional English, Historical Dictionary of American Slang, and the forthcoming Yale Dictionary of Quotations. He is recognized as an expert on the origins of the terms "Big Apple," "Windy City," "hot dog," and many other food terms; he is an editor of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America.

OCCUPATION: Administrative Law Judge: Department of Finance, NYC Parking Violations 1990-present

CONSULTANT: Oxford English Dictionary Dictionary of American Regional English Historical Dictionary of American Slang

EDUCATION: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY B.S. Economics 1982, B.S. Management 1982. J.D. Touro Law School, Huntington, NY, 1985.

PUBLICATIONS: Barry Popik was profiled in one the chapters of the book. “The banana sculptor, the purple lady, and the all-night swimmer: hobbies, collecting, and other passionate pursuits.“ (2002).

Senior Consulting Editor, Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America (2004). Co-author, Origin of New York City's nickname "the Big Apple" (forthcoming 2006). Consulting Editor, Yale Dictionary of Quotations (forthcoming 2006).

NEW YORK CITY BLOG: Founder/Author of the popular The Big Apple NYC Online Dictionary www.barrypopik.com .

HOBBIES: Chess master. Traveler to nearly 100 countries.

Books

Studies in Slang: Part VI ISBN 0820443778

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