For "italian"

Slur	Represents	Reason & Origins
Bingo-Bongo	Blacks	Italian wordplay of African names/language
Calzone	Italians	Italian food
Chop	Mixed Races	Chinese/Italian. Chink + wop = chop.
Dago	Italians	Slang for Italian, originally coming from Spain. "Diego" was a common name in Italy at the time this slang was first used. See: Wop.
Eggplant Parmesan	Mixed Races	Black/Italian mix
Geep	Italians	From Pinnochio's "father" Gepetto, who was Italian.
Ginny	Italians	In reference to popular Italian garb Ginny T's, now more commonly known as wife beater shirts.
Gino	Italians	Common Italian name A Toronto municipal politician recently got into hot water for using this slur.
Goombah	Italians	From the Italian word "Compare" (pronounced 'cumpa') meaning "a close friend." Considered a slur when used by non-Italians to describe an Italian male. Was first used by Louis Prima who was famous for bastardizing the Italian language in his witty songs for his American audience. The Goomba is also the weakest enemy in Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. video game series.
Grease Ball	Italians	Multiple origins. The most common being that the Italian people supposedly have an abnormally oily dermis and epidermis.
Guinea Pig	Italians	An overweight Italian
Guinea/Ginney	Italians	Pronounced "gi-nee." Came from "Guinea Negro" and originally referred to any Black or any person of mixed ancestry. This dates back to the 1740's. By the 1890s it was being applied to Italians--almost certainly because they tend to have darker skin than Anglo-Saxons/Germans. By 1911 the term began being applied to Hispanics, although the reference to Italians is the most common. Derived from Sicilian immigrants who paid in Italian currency, Guineas. Used in the film 'True Romance' as separate from WOPs from Northern Italy, and in The Godfather by a Northern Italian character when referring to Southern Italians and Sicilians. Source on origin
Hothead	Italians	Self-Explanatory. Italian men are often very short tempered and hot headed
I-Tie	Italians	Old-fashioned epithet, derived from the 1st 2 syllables in "Italian" with a corruption of the 2nd syllable.
IROC	Italians	Italian Retards Out Crusing. IROC Camaros are popular among east coast Italians.
Jabonee	Italians	What American-born Italians call immigrant Italians, as in "He/she is a real Jabonee right off the boat. Can't even speak English." Possibly a real Italian word bastardized by English-speaking Italian-Americans.
Jewop	Mixed Races	Jewish/Italian mix (Jew+Wop).
Laposta	Italians	Italian slang for lazy person with a small dick. In some areas its used to describe someone unusually skinny, pedophilia, and I've even heard homosexual. The word has different meaning based on where its said, but it all references Italians.
Luigi	Italians	Famous Italian videogame plumber. Used to refer to tall, thin Italians
Mario	Italians	Famous Italian vidoegame plumber. Used to refer to fat Italians.
McWop	Mixed Races	Irish/Italian, Mick and Wop, play on common Irish last names.
Melanzana	Blacks	Italian for "eggplant" - very dark black people have a purplish tint to their skin, so does eggplant.
Melon Johnny	Blacks	Italian slang for Blacks.
Moolie	Blacks	Shortened from Melanzane, meaning "eggplant" in Italian. Eggplants have black skin.
Moolignon	Blacks	Italian for eggplant (technically Mulignane). Could be combination of Moolie and hooligan.
Morta Cristo	Jews	Italian for 'Christ-killer.'
Mulunyan	Blacks	Italian word for egg plant, which is black when uncooked.
PIGS	Mediterraneans	Portuguese, Italian, Greek, Spanish. Specifically refers to Mediterranean men and their piggish behavior toward women in particular
Pizzabagel	Mixed Races	Italian/Jewish mix. Popular in New York as Italian and Jewish neighborhoods grew together.
Portawop	Mixed Races	Portuguese/Italian mix
Provolone	Italians	Italian-Americans who act "overly Italian" with attitude and gold chains (i.e. cheesy)
Rasta Fazoul	Mixed Races	Jamaican/Italian. Pasta Fazoul mixed with Rastafarian.
Salami	Italians	Italian body odor is often reminiscent of salami
Spaghetti-Slurper	Italians	Popular Italian dish and method of eating said dish
Spaghetti-Twister	Italians	Popular Italian dish and method of eating said dish
Spic	Hispanics	Short for Hispanic. Might also be acronym of SPanish, Indian, and Colored, coming from the mixed breeds that resulted from the union of Spanish colonists, Indian natives, and Black (colored) slaves. From the OED. spic A. n. a. A contemptuous and offensive name for a Spanish-speaking native of Central or South America or the Caribbean; a spiggoty. - It dates back (in print) to at least 1913. However, I understand it first applied to Italian immigrants in the late 1800s - More information: 1938 Amer. Speech XIII. 311/1 "Spiggoty" originated in Panama during Construction Days, and is assumed to be a corruption of 'spikee de' in the sentence 'No spikee de English'
Stallion	Italians	Like in the movie Rocky, Rocky an Italian, was know as the Stallion.
Swap	Mixed Races	Italian/Mexican. Spic + Wop
Terrone	Italians	Southern Italians. Any Italian living more south than Rome, very offensive, describes living standards and cultural differences from the more European north. The Italian word "Terra" means land or dirt so a Terrone is one who works with the land.
Tony	Italians	Started when there was a big Italian emigration to the U.S. Their Luggage would say "TO NY" (New York).
Wallione	Italians	In addressing a fellow Italian, but condescending when used by non-Italians
Won Ton Parmesan	Mixed Races	Asian/Italian mix
WOP	Italians	High class Italian. Stands for "With Out Papers." Started when there was a big Italian emigration to the U.S., and many were coming in illegally (with out papers). Also could mean "Working On Pavement", or refer to "guappo," (pronounced "woppo") a slang Italian (Neapolitan dialect) word meaning criminal or bully (strong person).
Wopalock	Mixed Races	Italian/Polish mix -- Wop + Polock
Wopski	Mixed Races	Italian/Polish mix
Zip	Italians	Used by some Italian-Americans to refer to new Italian immigrants because of how fast they are able to speak the old language. The term was coined by National Enquirer founder Fortune Pope, Sr. and his friend Joe Bonanno in the 50's or 60's.

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