Anonymous
02/24/2017 15:24
Subject: Re:Italian/ethnic slang
I thought it was mammone not mammoni. culo=a$$
Anonymous
02/24/2017 13:22
Subject: Italian/ethnic slang
Mama's boy is "shmendrik" in Yiddish.
Anonymous
02/24/2017 13:20
Subject: Re:Italian/ethnic slang
Anonymous wrote:You do realize that none of this is actual Italian, yes?
+1
Anonymous
02/24/2017 11:34
Subject: Italian/ethnic slang
Melanzane / Moolinyan - black person.
Anonymous
02/24/2017 10:33
Subject: Italian/ethnic slang
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
02/24/2017 10:25
Subject: Re:Italian/ethnic slang
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!
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
02/24/2017 08:57
Subject: Italian/ethnic slang
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
02/24/2017 08:51
Subject: Italian/ethnic slang
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?
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
02/24/2017 08:48
Subject: Italian/ethnic slang
This is more Italian-American slang. Puttana and stronzo, though, I have heard my parents use, but it isn't really slang.
Anonymous
02/24/2017 07:02
Subject: Re:Italian/ethnic slang
You do realize that none of this is actual Italian, yes?
Anonymous
02/24/2017 00:06
Subject: Italian/ethnic slang
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
02/23/2017 23:18
Subject: Re:Italian/ethnic slang
What does "mamaluke" mean?
Anonymous
02/23/2017 20:54
Subject: Re:Italian/ethnic slang
I would say cafone better translates as low-class rather than idiot.
Anonymous
02/23/2017 20:25
Subject: Italian/ethnic slang
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
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
02/23/2017 19:51
Subject: Italian/ethnic slang
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)?
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)?