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Posted by Broadway Lion on Wed Jul 13 11:13:39 2011, in response to "ginny", posted by tunnelrat on Wed Jul 13 11:08:43 2011. Mispelling of guinea, derogatory slang for Italian..The most vile racial slur that can be used against an Italian-American. Refers to the Guinea Coast of Africa; using this slur is a very offensive way of implying that Italian-Americans are non-whites (something we tend to get very defensive about!!). Unlike the "N-word", which African-Americans sometimes use to address each other, no Italian-American would ever address another Italian-American using this word. Nor would they use the word "wop" (also offensive, but not in a racial way). HOWEVER, it IS common for Italian-Americans to refer to each other as "dago"; this is used the same way that blacks use the N-word with each other. and .... not sure of the genesis of "guinea" ... but I'm told "wop" was derived from Immigration officials stamping W.O.P. on papers of arriving Italians, meaning With-Out-Passport |
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