Hey everyone!
I have some language-problems.
In The Sopranos as well as the Godfather they use a word that sounds like "Ougats" and probably means "nothing". In the Sopranos they often also use a word for black people, that sounds like "Moolinyaads" or "Moolinyans". I've heard that "Moolie" (as they sometimes say) comes from the italian word for eggplant, witch is Melanzana.
I know that Italian-Americans have a very special italian nowadays, saying for example Finoch, instead of finocchio.
So can any of you Italian-Americans here explain the words Moolinyans and Ougats?

It's a profanity, somewhere along the lines of "getting f_ _ _ ed", and it does represent 'nothing'.

Apple

OK, but is the word Ougats? If so, where does it come from, what Italian word?

No, it's not "ougats". However, I haven't the slightest idea of the correct Italian spelling.
A

Stugots means balls. Mulignan is the spelling HBO provides...

For more, check out the Sopranos Mob Speak page, or the XXX Italian Dictionary

JG

What is it Roberto says when he thrusts Vito's money back in his hand? That sounds like 'sugots' or whatever...



noledge

i thought it was mouligon, and was a term for an african american...

on bronx tale movie, when the kids are talkin about the girls, mario says if she goes down on the old brajone, or something like that, i believe it means ur dick, excuse my language i dont know how to put it, but i was wondering what the proper word is, the way u spell it or if i am wrong? anyone know about this? i never heard it before..grazie

"Ugaz" generally means "f--k you." Sometimes pronounced as "stugaz" (which is what Sr. Roberto, a Calabreze, told young Vito, and is the name of Tony Soprano's boat). Often followed by "a tan cul," meaning "up your a--." Often mispronounced as "ba fun gool." "Mulinian" means eggplant (also "melanzan" = eggplant), and is a derogatory term for African American.

As far as I know it's "vaffancul," meaning "go to your a**hole," or more simply put, "go f*ck yourself."

But I'm not Italian so what do I know?

"Stugotts" (also the name of Tony Soprano's boat) is translated as "Testicles"; "Bafangool", as was pointed out previously, is "Vafanculo", which literally means that one is talking out of their ass, but has taken on a meaning as telling someone to go screw themselves; "Moolignan" (pronounced "mool-in-yan") is literally an "eggplant", and because of the color of that vegetable has been used as a slang and derogatory term for a black skinned person.

Brajole is a type of meat, and in this incident it was a term used to reference the male-member.

"Braciole" is an Italian beef. It doesn't mean "dick", but that's obviously what he was referring to, and he used the word as a sort of euphemism.

Ciao

Braciole is thinly cut, or even pounded flat flank steak, covered with spices and seasonings (sometimes raisins) and rolled like a pinwheel. Brown it a little in a frying pan and cook it in your sauce. It's terrific.

You're makin' me hungry.

OK- thanks! All of you!

I found where the expression Stugots/Oogats comes from: The Italian words Stu Cazzo and u'cazzu, both meaning testicals, used as an expression for "nothing".

I also found another word often used in The Sopranos, Oobatz, witch means "crazy", it comes from the Italian u'pazzu.

source: HBO


[ January 25, 2002: Message edited by: Don Larzono ]

[ January 25, 2002: Message edited by: Don Larzono ]

pazzo=crazy