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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
The word likely transformed into the slur "wop" following the arrival of poor Italian immigrants into the United States. The term guappo was especially used by older Italian immigrant males to refer to the younger Italian male immigrants arriving in America. [8] [5]
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]
The term "Dago" as a generic name for Spaniards is recorded in the 19th century and may possibly be a derivation from Diego. By the early 20th century, the term dago or dego was extended as an ethnic slur applied chiefly to Italian Americans, besides also for anyone of Spanish or Portuguese descent. [9]
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.
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.
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 ...
Other slang terms include wifebeater, beater, guinea tee or dago tee (guinea and dago being American ethnic slurs for people of Italian ethnicity). A popular claim regarding the origin of the term "wifebeater" is that it became synonymous with an undershirt after a Detroit man was reportedly arrested in 1947 for beating his wife to death.