Italian/ethnic slang

[Anonymous]

So I'm not Italian, but I have heard people use terms like "mamaluke," "Cafone," and "Cugine" to describe others--they crack me up.

Is there a term to describe a man who is a big baby (as in lazy, sensitive, wife/mother has to do everything, etc...)?

Anyone know of any other ethnic slang terms such as these (not necessarily Italian)?

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

I would say cafone better translates as low-class rather than idiot.

[Anonymous]

What does "mamaluke" mean?

[Anonymous]

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!

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

This is more Italian-American slang. Puttana and stronzo, though, I have heard my parents use, but it isn't really slang.

[Anonymous]

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?

[Anonymous]

Can't remember how to spell it, but when I lived in Italy the guys around Napoli used scherzzo (pronounced scaretzo) for crazy head case.

[Anonymous]

Pantalone-clown
pini duni--small fart
caccarun-someone who talks too much

(At least according to my Sicilian dad). Ahh, you just have to love the Italians. We even make insults into an entertaining art form!

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Melanzane / Moolinyan - black person.

[Anonymous]

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

+1

[Anonymous]

Mama's boy is "shmendrik" in Yiddish.

[Anonymous]

I thought it was mammone not mammoni. culo=a$$