ginzo vs wop what difference
what is difference between ginzo and wop
English
Etymology
Diminutive of Guinea + -o.
Pronunciation
Noun
ginzo (plural ginzos or ginzoes)
- (Northeastern US, slang, offensive, ethnic slur, derogatory) A person of Italian birth or descent.
English
Etymology
From Neapolitan guappo (“dude, stud”), a greeting borrowed from Spanish guapo (“bold, handsome”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɒp/
- Rhymes: -ɒp
Noun
wop (plural wops)
- (Britain, US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent.
Synonyms
- (person of Italian descent): dago, Eyetie, goombah, greaseball, guido, guinea, wog
Translations
Verb
wop (third-person singular simple present wops, present participle wopping, simple past and past participle wopped)
- (Southern US) to physically hit, especially hitting a person with a hand
Anagrams
- POW, PoW, pow
Middle English
Alternative forms
- wope, weop
Etymology
From Old English wōp, from Proto-Germanic *wōpaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /woːp/
Noun
wop (plural wopes)
- the action of or a moment of crying or weeping; lamentation
Descendants
- English: woop, whoop
References
- “wọ̄p(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wōpaz (“clamour, weeping”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /woːp/
Noun
wōp m (nominative plural wōpas)
- weeping, lamentation
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: wop, weop
- English: woop, whoop
Torricelli
Noun
wop
- water
References
- transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66
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