Inter-regional slang for bottom homosexual man. + Caghineri typical of Sardinia is a strong insult for gays. + Capretto young homosexual. Derives from goat as slang of prostitute. + Casermaro gay in search of military men. + Catamito young homosexual. It comes from the Latin expression “...
The word “wagglio” is the phonetical transcription of “guaglione” that in Neapolitan, or for that matter, in many southern Italian dialects means “young boy” Your answer to Cortney should be spelled “sporcaccione”. This term means litterally dirty boy or dirty minded boy. I hope th...
It’s a hybrid of Northern and Southern New England English, a Boston-meets-Brooklyn sound with a dash of Italian and Portuguese slang mixed in. Some say you can talk Rhode Island by using a Boston accent mixed with Italian slang. Not quite. ‘Cot’ and ‘caught’ are not pronounced the...
(3) Foreign loan words, acronyms, slang terms, and proper names were excluded, together with highly abstract, technical, or context-specific terms. (4) We concentrated primarily on two- and three-syllable words with a spoken frequency greater than 3 in the De Mauro norms (except for those ...
Called Dritto by its speakers, the jargon of Travellers can be considerate one of the most extensive and ancient jargons spoken in Italy. It is a continuation of the Italian historical slang, commonly known as ‘Furbesco’, which has been spoken by Travellers, thieves, tradesmen, and showmen...
of the emerald sea off Filicudi’s shore. Some say it resembles the head of a cobra or a rifle, but most see in it the representation of a huge phallus reaching for the sky. Its name means “rod” or “cane,” and you don’t need an Italian dictionary of slang to understand why....
‘perfect English”. He has a Dublin accent as well and knows Dublin slang, as Alessandro “taught him”. Alessandro is proud of teaching him Dublin English, and has no prescriptive or negative attitudes when it comes to IrE and doesn’t expect his cousin to be negatively perceived for ...