wop, dago, ginzo, Guinea, greaseball
(noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dago (plural dagoes or dagos)
(UK, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, or other Mediterranean descent.
(US, Australia, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent.
Synonyms: Eyetie, goombah, greaseball, guido, guinea, wog, wop
• The meaning behind the word is still offensive in the United States. It has become less pejorative among certain groups reclaiming the term in recent years, with people of Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese origin themselves adopting the term. In the Upper Midwest region of the United States, the term is used for several Italian-inspired food items with no apparent pejorative connotation.
• Usually a sailor or deckhand. "Diego" is the Portuguese nickname for any deckhand and "jack" is the British equivalent.
• The Hill in St. Louis, an Italian-American enclave, is often referred to colloquially as "Dago Hill."
• Goad, Goda, doga, goad
Source: Wiktionary
Da"go, n.; pl. Dagos. Etym: [Cf. Sp. Diego, E. James.]
Definition: A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent. [U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 April 2024
(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
