In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
wop, dago, ginzo, Guinea, greaseball
(noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
Source: WordNet® 3.1
greaseball (plural greaseballs)
(US, slang, pejorative, ethnic slur) A person of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, other Mediterranean, or Latin American descent.
(slang) A mechanic.
(slang) A biker, a tough.
(slang) A rocker or metalhead, especially one who listens to 1950s rock and roll or 1980s thrash metal.
• (person of Italian descent): dago
• (person of Italian descent): Eyetie
• (person of Italian descent): goombah
• (person of Italian descent): guido
• (person of Italian descent): guinea
• (person of Italian descent): wog
• (person of Italian descent): wop
Source: Wiktionary
6 June 2025
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.