GREASEBALL

wop, dago, ginzo, Guinea, greaseball

(noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (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



RESET




Word of the Day

6 June 2025

PUNGENCY

(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

coffee icon