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Figo may also mean someone really skilled in doing something. When referring to a woman, the term strafiga means "smoking hot". The derived term figata means something cool. A less common synonym, mainly used in Rome and Naples respectively, is fregna [46] and fessa. (even if fessa, m. fesso, can simply mean pussy, but also stupid girl)
Guido (/ ˈ ɡ w iː d oʊ /, Italian:) is a North American subculture, slang term, and ethnic slur referring to working-class urban Italian-Americans. The guido stereotype is multi-faceted. At one point, the term was used more generally as a disparaging term for Italians and people of Italian descent.
Today, especially in Italian-American slang, "goombah" is a term for a companion or associate, especially a friend who acts as a patron, accomplice, protector, or adviser. When used by non-Italians to refer to Italians or Italian-Americans, "goombah" is often derogatory, implying a stereotypical Italian-American male, thug, or mafioso. [3]
Amazon Go is a chain of convenience stores in the United States and the United Kingdom, operated by the online retailer Amazon.The stores are cashierless, thus partially automated (having an added option in some locations to manually checkout if desired), with customers having the ability to purchase products without being checked out by a cashier or using a self-checkout station.
Another backronym is that wop stands for "working on pavement", based on a stereotype that Italian immigrants and Italian-American men typically do manual labor such as road-building. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Turning acronyms into words did not become common practice until after World War II, accelerating along with the growth of the US space-program and ...
Pope Francis used a highly derogatory term towards the LGBT community as he reiterated in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops that gay people should not be allowed to become priests ...
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lam: To lay down, go into hiding. large: a thousand, a grand, a G. LCN: abbreviation for La Cosa Nostra. lupara bianca: a journalistic term to indicate a Mafia slaying done in such a way that the victim's body is never found. made man: an inducted member of the family. make one's bones: gain credibility by killing someone.