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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. 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.

  4. Category:Profanity by language - Wikipedia

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  5. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    Translation Notes a bene placito: from one well pleased: i.e., "at will" or "at one's pleasure". This phrase, and its Italian (beneplacito) and Spanish (beneplácito) derivatives, are synonymous with the more common ad libitum (at pleasure). a capite ad calcem: from head to heel: i.e., "from top to bottom", "all the way through", or "from head ...

  6. List of calques - Wikipedia

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    Spanish escuela alta calques English high school (secundaria or escuela secundaria in Standard Spanish) Spanish grado (de escuela) calques English grade (in school) (nota in Standard Spanish) Spanish manzana de Adán calques English Adam's apple (nuez de Adán, meaning "Adam's nut", in standard Spanish), which in turn is a calque of French ...

  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. Guido (slang) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. 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 ).