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The sentence employs three distinct meanings of the word buffalo: As an attributive noun (acting as an adjective) to refer to a specific place named Buffalo, such as the city of Buffalo, New York; As the verb to buffalo, meaning (in American English [1] [2]) "to bully, harass, or intimidate" or "to baffle"; and
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.
Mussolini was popular with readers and subsidized some papers, so when he expanded the electorate to include some women voting at the local level, the Italian American editorialists applauded him, arguing that the true Italian woman was, above all, a mother and a wife and, therefore, would be reliable as a voter on local matters, but only in Italy.
The "Rosies" were women recruited by U.S. defense manufacturers during WWII to help build tanks, ships and planes. A real-life Rosie the Riveter, Jennifer McMullen, turns 100 Skip to main content
Getty Images (2) Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s eldest daughter, Blue Ivy, has one of the most unique names in celebrity kid history — but her parents almost called her something else. During a recent ...
Getty Images As the second largest city in New York State, Buffalo's vibrant population of more than 270,000 has coined a local language all its own. Whether you're heading "upstate" for a taste ...
During World War II, the "We Can Do It!" poster was not connected to the 1942 song "Rosie the Riveter", nor to the widely seen Norman Rockwell painting called Rosie the Riveter that appeared on the cover of the Memorial Day issue of the Saturday Evening Post, May 29, 1943. The Westinghouse poster was not associated with any of the women ...
The blue shirt was first worn on 6 January 1911 in a match against Hungary in Milan. [76] Even this case, the blue has been maintained despite the abolition of the Italian monarchy. [77] In sport, many men's national teams are known as the azzurri and women's teams as the azzurre (meaning "azure").