wop
[wop]
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noun Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Italian or a person of Italian descent.
Origin of wop
1910–15, Americanism; < Italian (Neapolitan dial.) guappo swaggerer < Spanish guapo pimp, ruffian, via dialectal French < Latin vappa wine that has gone flat, worthless person; initial w perhaps by association with a related Gmc word
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Examples from the Web for wop
Historical Examples of wop
"Don't forget to tell him how the wop licked the Jew," broke in the prisoner.
From Place to PlaceIrvin S. Cobb
I wonder can they be talking French, maybe, or Wop, or something?
Free AirSinclair Lewis
I began filling the spoon, with the help of "Marty," the Wop.
SteelCharles Rumford Walker
Even a dumb-head Wop gets his English rapidly when he's where he has to talk that or nothing.
The KillerStewart Edward White
Wasn't there a wop named Pizarro or somethin' what got lost down in Florida?
Police!!!Robert W. Chambers
wop
1noun
Word Origin for wop
C20: probably from southern Italian dialect guappo dandy, braggart, from Spanish guapo
wop
2verb, noun wops, wopping or wopped
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