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Wop is a pejorative term for Italians or people of Italian descent. [1] ... roughly meaning "dandy", or "swaggerer", derived from the Spanish term guapo, ...
Derogatory use of the term is portrayed the 1969 publication of Mario Puzo's The Godfather and the highly popular movie made from it, which contained dialogue such as "I don't care how many guinea Mafia goombahs come out of the woodwork" or, in the film, "I don't care how many dago guinea wop greaseball goombahs come outta the woodwork". [3]
The exact meaning and origin of the name Bisaya is unknown. The first documented use of the name is possibly by Song-era Chinese maritime official Zhao Rugua who wrote about the "Pi-sho-ye", who raided the coasts of Fujian and Penghu during the late 12th century using iron javelins attached to ropes as their weapons. [148] [149] [150] Promdi
As I watched the movie, I thought of my grandfather and the stories that I had been told about the names that he was called — dago, wop, greaseball and worse.
Wog is a racial slur used to refer, in British English, to black and South Asian people, and, in Australian English, to people from the Mediterranean region. [1] Whilst it is extremely derogatory in British English, in Australian English it may be considered non-offensive depending on how the word is used, due to reclamation and changing connotations.
Dago (slur), an ethnic slur referring to Italians, and sometimes Spaniards and Portuguese DAGO, a U.S. government and military acronym for Department of the Army General Officer DAGO (Directly Appointed Gazetted Officer), a rank in the Central Armed Police Forces of India
(French) a. an Italian person; "wop" b. macaroni. [98] Mackerel snapper (Protestant North American) a Roman Catholic (reference to fish on Fridays) Mackem (England, principally Newcastle) used to describe the population of nearby Sunderland in North Eastern England. Most Wearsiders regard the term as mildly offensive and don't use the term to ...
In recognition of the 25th anniversary of Lauryn Hill’s solo debut, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,” theGrio breaks down how The post The Gospel according to Lauryn: How the Scriptures ...