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  2. Italian profanity - Wikipedia

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    Italian profanity (bestemmia, pl. bestemmie, when referred to religious topics; parolaccia, pl. parolacce, when not) are profanities that are blasphemous or inflammatory in the Italian language. The Italian language is a language with a large set of inflammatory terms and phrases, almost all of which originate from the several dialects and ...

  3. Street performance - Wikipedia

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    The term busking was first noted in the English language around the middle 1860s in Great Britain. The verb to busk, from the word busker, comes from the Spanish root word buscar, with the meaning "to seek". [3] The Spanish word buscar in turn evolved from the Indo-European word *bhudh-skō ("to win, conquer"). [4]

  4. Glossary of Mafia-related words - Wikipedia

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    books, the: a phrase indicating membership in the family. If there is a possibility for membership, then the books are open. If not, the books are closed. boss: the head of the family who runs the operation. [3] The boss also gets points from all family business; also see don, chairman.

  5. Category:Italian words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    This category is for articles about words and phrases from the Italian language. This category is not for articles about concepts and things but only for articles about the words themselves . As such almost all article titles should be italicized (with Template:Italic title ).

  6. Category:Italian slang - Wikipedia

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  7. Pope used vulgar Italian word to refer to LGBT people ...

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    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 ...

  8. Detroit Slang - AOL

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    Getty Images Detroit slang is an ever-evolving dictionary of words and phrases with roots in regional Michigan, the Motown music scene, African-American communities and drug culture, among others.

  9. Paris Slang - AOL

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    Getty Images. The long, multi-cultural history of Paris has resulted in an interesting slang vocabulary. Even if you never mastered the subjunctive, a quick glance at these words and phrases will ...