ITALY
ADJECTIVES
► DAGO pert. to a Latin, usually an Italian, a Mexican or a Spaniard; any dark-skinned native → M19 sl., orig. US, derogatory
► EYETALIAN Italian → 1838 US colloq., generally offensive
► EYETALLYANO Italian; pert. to Italian culture or language → 1922 sl.
► EYETEYE ► EYETIE ► EYTIE ► ITI ► ITIE ► ITY Italian; pert. to Italian culture or language → 1922 sl.
► EYETO ► EYETOE Italian → 1955 Aust. sl.
► ITALISH Italian → 1544 obs.
► ITIE Italian; pert. to Italian culture or language → 1922 sl.
► MACARONI Italian → M19 sl.
► TALLY Italian → 1985 Sc. sl.
► URBICARIAN belonging to a city, esp. of Rome → 1654 obs.
► URBICARY belonging to a city, especially Rome → 1665 obs.
► WOP Italian → 1961 US sl.
NOUNS
► DAGO Italian food, esp. pasta → 1942 US sl., derogatory
► DAGO CENTER the Italian, Mexican, or Puerto Rican area of a town or city → 1920s US sl., derogatory
► DAGOLAND Southern Europe, esp. Italy → 1976 US sl., derogatory
► DAGO TOWN the Italian, Mexican, or Puerto Rican area of a town or city → 1920s US sl., derogatory
► EYETO ► EYETOE the Italian language → 1958 Aust. sl.
► ITALOMANIA an obsession with Italy and things Italian; wild enthusiasm for Italy → 1860
► ITIE an Italian; something Italian → 1925 Amer. dial.
► LITTLE ITALY a neighbourhood populated by a large number of Italian immigrants and Italian-Americans → 1970 US sl.
► SPAGHETTI CORNER an Italian community within an urban area → 1950s US sl.
► TALLY Italy → 1942 Amer. sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ABBOT in Italy: a high-ranking magistrate of a city or republic; spec., esp. in the Republic of Genoa: the chief magistrate → 1734 now hist.
► ABRUZZESE a native or inhabitant of the Abruzzo region of central Italy → 1816
► ABRUZZIAN a native or inhabitant of the Abruzzo region of central Italy → 1570
► ACK an Italian → 1941 Amer. dial., derogatory
► ACKEY an Italian → 1941 Amer. dial., derogatory
► BALONEY BENDER an Italian → 1938 US sl.
► BANANA PEDDLER an Italian immigrant → 1916 Amer. sl., derogatory
► BANANA PUSHER an Italian → 1969 Amer. dial., derogatory
► BERGAMASK a native or inhabitant of Bergamo, a province in the state of Venice → 1602
► BERSAGLIERE a rifleman or sharpshooter in the Italian army → 1862
► CHESTNUT STABBER a person of Italian heritage → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CUGINE a young Italian-American man → 1988 US sl., usually depreciative
► DAGE a Dago → c1910 Aust. sl., derogatory
► DAGO an Italian or Italian American; orig. applied to Spaniards, then to Spaniards, Portuguese, and Italians, and now to Italians only → 1823 US sl., derogatory
► DING an Italian; a Greek → 1940 Aust. sl., derogatory
► DINGBAT a nickname for an Italian → 20C sl., derogatory
► DINO a nickname for a Mexican or Italian labourer → 20C US sl., mildly derogatory
► EYETALIAN an Italian → 1838 US colloq., generally offensive
► EYETALLYANO an Italian → 1898 sl., derogatory
► EYETEYE ► EYETIE ► EYETY ► EYTIE ► ITEY ► ITIE ► ITY an Italian → 1898 sl., derogatory
► EYETO ► EYETOE an Italian → 1941 Aust. sl.
► EYTALICS Italians → 1897 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GAFONE an Italian; a fool → 1976 sl. derogatory
► GANDY DANCER an Italian → 20C US sl.
► GARLIC a French, Portuguese, or Italian person → 1971 US sl., derogatory
► GARLIC DESTROYER a French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian person → 1915 US sl., derogatory
► GARLIC-EATER a French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian person → 1865 US sl., derogatory
► GARLIC-MOUTH a French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian person → 1957 US sl., derogatory
► GARLIC MUNCHER a European person; a Greek or Italian → 1988 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► GARLIC-SNAPPER an Italian → 1942 US sl.
► GENEVOIS a native of Genoa, Italy → 1521 obs.
► GENOAN a native or inhabitant of Genoa, Italy → 1608 obs.
► GENOESE a native of Genoa → 1905
► GENOESIAN a native of Genoa → 1624 obs.
► GENOVESE a native of Genoa → 1603
► GENOWAY a native of Genoa; Italy → c1400 obs.
► GHINI ► GHINNY ► GINEE ► GINNEE ► GINNEY ► GINNIE ► GINNY an Italian person, usually an immigrant to the US → 1882 US sl.
► GHINZO ► GINSO ► GINZO ► GUINZO an Italian person → 1931 US sl., derogatory
► GIBRONEY an Italian → 1966 US sl.
► GIN an Italian; a person of Italian descent → 1985 Amer. sl., derogatory
► GREASEBALL a person of Italian descent → US offensive
► GUIDO a person regarded as socially unsophisticated; an Italian-American man, esp. one who is aggressively masculine and vain regarding his appearance and possessions → 1985 US sl., usually derogatory
► GUIN a nickname for an Italian → 20C US sl., derogatory
► GUINEA an immigrant of Italian or Spanish origin → 1890 US sl., derogatory
► HIGHTALIAN an Italian → 1899 sl.
► HIKE an Italian immigrant → 1896 Amer. dial., usually y derogatory
► HIKEY an Italian immigrant → 1967 Amer. dial., usually derogatory
► IBM a member of an organized crime family; an Italian businessman → 1997 US sl.
► ICE-CREAMER an Italian → 1930s sl.
► IKE a person of Italian background → 1941 Amer. sl.
► IKEY a person of Italian background → 1941 Amer. sl.
► ITE an Italian → E20 Brit. & US sl., derogatory
► MACARONI an Italian: used contemptuously → 1845 sl.
► MACARONI BENDER an Italian → M19 sl.
► MACARONI-SMACKER an Italian → 1969 Amer. dial., derogatory
► MACARONI-SNAPPER an Italian → 20C Amer. dial.
► MADONNA an Italian lady → 1602 obs.
► MODENESE an inhabitant or native of Modena in northern Italy → 1711
► MONARCHO a crack-brained Englishman affecting the airs of an Italian → 1888 (Bk.)
► MOUNTAIN GUINEA a northern Italian; used by southern Italians → 1960s US Italians’ usage
► MOUNTAIN WOP an Italian → 1964 US sl., derogatory
► ORGAN GRINDER an Italian, specifically, an immigrant → 1910s sl., derogatory
► PADANIAN a native or inhabitant of Padania in northern Italy; a supporter of independence for this region → 1996
► PADOVAN a native or inhabitant of the city of Padua, Italy or of the surrounding area → 1953
► PADRONE 1. the male proprietor of an Italian restaurant, inn, boarding house, etc. → 1678
2. the proprietor of an inn in Italy → 1678
3. an Italian labour contractor; an employer of street musicians, begging children, etc . → c1751
► PADUAN a native or inhabitant of the city of Padua, Italy, or of the surrounding region → a1592
► PAESANO ► PAISANO in early use: a person of Italian descent or birth; esp. a rustic person, a villager; in later use: an Italian-American man; a mafioso → a1930 chiefly US
► PAISAN in Italian-speaking communities: a person of Italian birth or descent, an Italian-American; a fellow-countryman; a ‘buddy’ → 1940 US colloq.
► PASTA-BREATH an Italian or Italian-American → 1980s US sl., derogatory
► QUIRITIAN a Roman citizen → 1880
► RADDIE an Italian or Anglo-Italian living in London, orig. specifically in Clerkenwell → 1938 sl.
► ROMAN CANDLE an Italian → 1970s sl.
► ROME-RUNNER a person, esp. a cleric, constantly running off to Rome in search of spiritual and monetary profit → M14 colloq.
► ROMULIST a descendant of Romulus; a Roman, a native of ancient Rome → 1594 obs.
► SALERNITAN a native or inhabitant of Salerno, an Italian maritime town near Naples; a physician of the Salernitan medical school which formerly flourished there → 1608
► SNOW a derogatory description of an Italian or another Latin person → 1910s Aust. sl.
► SPAG an Italian immigrant → 1967 Aust. sl., derogatory
► SPAGGIE an Italian → 1967 Aust. sl.
► SPAGHETTI an Italian→ 1915 sl., derogatory and offensive
► SPAGHETTI BENDER an Italian → 1967 US sl., derogatory
► SPAGHETTI-EATER an Italian → 1914 Aust. sl., derogatory
► SPAGHETTI-GUZZLER an Italian → 1933 US sl., derogatory
► SPAGHETTI HEAD an Italian → 1974 US sl., derogatory
► SPAGHETTI MUNCHER an Italian person → 1988 Aust. sl., derogatory (Bk.)
► SPAGHETTI-TWISTER an Italian → 1930 US sl., derogatory
► SPIG an Italian → 1940s US sl.
► SPIGGOTY an Italian → 1940s US sl.
► TALLIE ► TALLY an Italian → c1847 Sc.
► TONY a nickname for an Italian or Mexican man → 1907 Amer. dial.
► UMBRIAN an inhabitant or native of Umbria, a province of central Italy; a member of the Italic race anciently inhabiting this district → 1601
► VENETIAN a native or inhabitant of medieval or modern Venice; more rarely, one of the ancient Veneti inhabiting the district of Venetia → 1432
► WALLIO ► WALLIYO ► WALLYO ► WAL-YO an Italian male; usually an Italian-American; often used as a form of address → 1941 Amer. dial., often derogatory
► WOP an Italian or a person of Italian extraction → L19 Amer. sl., derogatory
► ZIP an Italian → 2002 US sl.
► ZOOL an Italian, esp. an Old World Italian → 20C US criminals’ sl., derogatory
PHRASES
► ALWAYS LATE IN TAKE OFF, ALWAYS LATE IN ARRIVAL Italian Airlines, Alitalia → 2002 sl.
► CAME OVER WITH AN ICE-CREAM BARROW said of Italians → 20C Brit. sl.
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