Italian/ethnic slang

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Italian/ethnic slang gal here. I grew up speaking only slang Italian!

You mean mama's boy? that's Mammoni. I'd have to dig deep to recall if there's a slang for that.

A few other great ones:

Stunad - "dick"

Stugats - "balls"

Shem - stupid. You can also use Cidrule which means cucumber but when you say it with a slang intonation it means STUPID!

Cafone - idiot



Chooch - jackass

Strunzo-POS
Goombadi-pal
Putan-slut
What a fun language!

Southern Italians? We tend to cut off the last vowel! lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You do realize that none of this is actual Italian, yes?

I don't know how many times you've been to Italy, but these are words my family brought INTO the US from their hometown, and they're used by my family over there. I'm 50 and bilingual.

Would you like the correct terms instead of the dialect? See below.

figlio di puttana
stronzo
cafone - a boor or ill-mannered person
scemo - stupid or foolish
compare (goomba) - godfather
chiacchierone - someone who talks WAY too much

to name a few

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You do realize that none of this is actual Italian, yes?

you do realize that you sound elitist, yes?

I grew up speaking "slang Italian", which BTW should actually be labeled "dialect". My parents emigrated to the US in the mid-60's from Southern Italy, and although they knew proper Italian they spoke mostly in Italian dialect around the house because that is what they were comfortable with. That is how everyone from their non-elitist village spoke. So that "slang Italian" is THEIR "actual Italian".

Every language has different dialects, so for you to try to make a point that just because it's slang (dialect) that its not the actual language is really ignorant on your part.

+1

Dialects are the spoken versions specific to towns - not the standard written Italian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You do realize that none of this is actual Italian, yes?

you do realize that you sound elitist, yes?

I grew up speaking "slang Italian", which BTW should actually be labeled "dialect". My parents emigrated to the US in the mid-60's from Southern Italy, and although they knew proper Italian they spoke mostly in Italian dialect around the house because that is what they were comfortable with. That is how everyone from their non-elitist village spoke. So that "slang Italian" is THEIR "actual Italian".

Every language has different dialects, so for you to try to make a point that just because it's slang (dialect) that its not the actual language is really ignorant on your part.

Slang is not a dialect, and slang and dialect are not a standard language. Your and your parents' experience doesn't change this fact. The Sopranos' ridiculing version of Americanized Southern Italian is hardly "Italian." So yes, I am asking whether people realize that -with the exception of "mammone"- nothing here is actual Italian?

Again, if you had visited Italy - multiple times - and had family still living there, you'd know that these words and phrases are part of a dialect. They are based on real words. In fact, I responded earlier with some of them.

If you visited the cities - especially Rome - and you spoke the dialect, they'd definitely consider it slang. These are oral forms of the language, specific to region, that have NO written form. As the older generations die off, so do the dialects.

Are you Italian or just pretending to be one?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are different dialects of most romance (and other languages), however. If you say a slang word to one person -- another person, though from the same country or continent, might not know what you are saying - or may think it is something else entirely.

You need to know your exact context, OP. You can't just go saying things that are unfamiliar to you.

How old are you?

Agreed. Unless you are of Italian origin, or at least have been married into an Italian family for 20 years, you really have no business saying these things.

Oh please! I'm in NY--ethnic slang words like "schmuck", "stunad", "gringo" etc...they've all entered the lexicon of the masses (the greatest extent that swear/slang Words can), whether one is of that background or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You do realize that none of this is actual Italian, yes?

you do realize that you sound elitist, yes?

I grew up speaking "slang Italian", which BTW should actually be labeled "dialect". My parents emigrated to the US in the mid-60's from Southern Italy, and although they knew proper Italian they spoke mostly in Italian dialect around the house because that is what they were comfortable with. That is how everyone from their non-elitist village spoke. So that "slang Italian" is THEIR "actual Italian".

Every language has different dialects, so for you to try to make a point that just because it's slang (dialect) that its not the actual language is really ignorant on your part.

-1

OP is looking to recycle what she reads on an anon board. So, both you and OP are wrong. I wish this thread would be deleted. It is offensive.

Absolutely right.

+1. I can't believe anyone bothered to chime in and respond, given that OP shouldn't be using any of these words when speaking to anyone. She made it's clear she isn't Italian, so she has no place to say any of these, to anyone. Going to report the thread because it shouldn't exist to begin with.

Vaffanculo, hall monitor pp

[Anonymous]

Swearing on this board, in any language, really should not be acceptable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Melanzane / Moolinyan - black person.

This is a really offensive slur.

incredibly offensive. I grew up hearing it at home, absolutely disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Flipping channels last night and caught "Moonstruck". The part where her father goes "Your my daughter, I won't have you acting like a putana!" made me think of this thread, lol...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Melanzane / Moolinyan - black person.

This is a really offensive slur.

incredibly offensive. I grew up hearing it at home, absolutely disgusting.

when did you figure it out it was 'wrong'. just curious. are you southern italian?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Melanzane / Moolinyan - black person.

This is a really offensive slur.

incredibly offensive. I grew up hearing it at home, absolutely disgusting.

when did you figure it out it was 'wrong'. just curious. are you southern italian?

DP, but I also grew up hearing it- not at home but in my neighborhood. My parents told me young it was not an appropriate word. It's similar to the n word.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Swearing on this board, in any language, really should not be acceptable.

Pogue mahone, pp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are different dialects of most romance (and other languages), however. If you say a slang word to one person -- another person, though from the same country or continent, might not know what you are saying - or may think it is something else entirely.

You need to know your exact context, OP. You can't just go saying things that are unfamiliar to you.

How old are you?

Agreed. Unless you are of Italian origin, or at least have been married into an Italian family for 20 years, you really have no business saying these things.

Oh please! I'm in NY--ethnic slang words like "schmuck", "stunad", "gringo" etc...they've all entered the lexicon of the masses (the greatest extent that swear/slang Words can), whether one is of that background or not.

A good New Yorker should be able to swear in Italian, Yiddish, Spanish and at least a couple of other languages.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Italian/ethnic slang gal here. I grew up speaking only slang Italian!

You mean mama's boy? that's Mammoni. I'd have to dig deep to recall if there's a slang for that.

A few other great ones:

Stunad - "dick"

Stugats - "balls"

Shem - stupid. You can also use Cidrule which means cucumber but when you say it with a slang intonation it means STUPID!

Cafone - idiot



Chooch - jackass

Strunzo-POS
Goombadi-pal
Putan-slut
What a fun language!

Southern Italians? We tend to cut off the last vowel! lol

You got it!

[Anonymous]

Hello. My Dad always says (as it sounds) "na da voat". Or "nada voat". I can't seem to be able to break it down to the actual Italian words. Any thoughts?