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This is a glossary of words related to the Mafia, primarily the Italian American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia . administration: the top-level "management" of an organized crime family -- the boss, underboss and consigliere. [ 1] associate: one who works with mobsters, but has not been asked to take the vow of Omertà; an almost confirmed, or made guy.
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]
Bimbo. Presumed portrait of Rosalie Duthé (1748–1830), called "the first officially recorded dumb blonde." Bimbo is slang for a conventionally attractive, sexualized naïve woman. [ 1] The term was originally used in the United States as early as 1919 for an unintelligent or brutish man. [ 2] As of the early 21st century, the "stereotypical ...
Guido ( / ˈɡwiːdoʊ /, Italian: [ˈɡwiːdo]) 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. More recently, it has come to ...
Spaghetti and meatballs, a popular Italian-American dish. Italian-American cuisine ( Italian: cucina italoamericana) is a style of Italian cuisine adapted throughout the United States. Italian-American food has been shaped throughout history by various waves of immigrants and their descendants, called Italian Americans .
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 ...
Greaser (subculture) North American greaser of Quebec, Canada, c. 1960. Greasers are a youth subculture that emerged in the 1950s and early 1960s from predominantly working class and lower-class teenagers and young adults in the United States and Canada. The subculture remained prominent into the mid-1960s and was particularly embraced by ...
Paisan Con, a two-day event on Saturday and Sunday promises to showcase the Italian and Italian American cultures at the DoubleTree by Hilton. There will be food, music, comedy, art and celebrities.