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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
Peckerwood DAGO gang's logo. Historically, the term "peckerwood" was commonly applied to white prisoners in general. [6] The cemetery at Leavenworth Penitentiary, officially known as Mount Hope, is informally known as "Peckerwood Hill" by prisoners and guards. [9]
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.
Dago (UK and Commonwealth) may refer to Italians, Spaniards, Portuguese, and potentially Greek peoples. Possibly derived from the Spanish name Diego. [109] (US) refers specifically to Italians. [109] Greaseball, Greaser (US especially) Greaseball generally refers to a person of Italian descent.
One false etymology or backronym of wop is that it is an acronym for "without passport" or "without papers", implying that Italian immigrants entered the U.S. as undocumented or illegal immigrants.
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.
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Dago is an Argentine comics' character created in 1981 by Paraguayan writer Robin Wood and Argentine artist Alberto Salinas for Argentine magazine Nippur Magnum. It has been published in South America, Spain and Italy, among other places.