Long, long time ago, I found Italian slang here and I had it in a file on my computer. You won't believe it, but pc died on me and I can't find a copy of it anywhere.

I tried to google it, but it on google it isn't that *interesting*. It doesn't have the phrases and examples.

Can someone help me out?
Thank you!
ML

Are you talking about the naughty words?

Yes. Thank you! You are a lifesaver.
:o)
ML

It's always nice to save a life by posting a link... Where's my Sainthood??

Saint Cabana Boy. People will wear thongs on your feast day.

...can I at least choose who does ...and doesn't??

I gotta say, I have only heard of a few of these words. How interesting though Geoff, that you seem to have this list right at your fingertips.

Speaking of thongs, did you hear about the lady who is suing Victoria Secrets over a thong that injured her?



TIS

No, but not for nothing, but... if someone's "injured" by a thong, they probably shouldn't be wearing one to begin with.

Ha ha ha. I was curious too. Yesterday one of the cable stations had her on. Evidently, the metal that attached the tag to the thong, flew into her eye when she tried to detach it. She claims she has major discomfort in her eye. Of all the weird things to happen

TIS

Metal attaching the tag?? Sounds pretty heavy-duty... again, probably not for that person... Hell, not for my physique right now, either, I'm just saying

I take my time when selecting my thongs.

I'm not sure just what kind of slang you find "interesting", but there are plenty of such dictionaries, etc. on the web. Did you try several?

That was one thing about my parents. They never swore. I heard my parents say a few things out of frustration, but never real swearing. So, that part of my Italian was learned on the street corner, but that wasn't much.

I think the first "foreign" words that most of us learn are the curse words. That's certainly true here in New York (where we're exposed to so many different languages).

A good friend of mine, Joe, was born in Italy and came to America in 1985 when he was in his early 20s. We met around 1992 when he was an alibi witness for another Italian-born pizza worker, whom I was representing in a bizarre criminal case. At the time Joe was just buying his own shop, I became a frequent customer, and we got to be good friends.

Anyhow, Joe had a young worker, a few years ago, who couldn't speak English and they would speak to him in Italian. One wintry day this young man slipped in the parking lot and let loose with a litany of profanity in English that would make a dock worker proud.

Reminds me of the scene in "The Sopranos" when Furio was walking with a cane (after he was shot in the leg) and slipped on some ice. Only difference was he let out with a liturgy in Italian!