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wop  (wp)
n. Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a person of Italian birth or descent.

[Italian dialectal guappo, thug, from Spanish guapo, handsome, dashing, braggart, bully, from French dialectal wape, rogue, from Latin vappa, flat wine, scoundrel.]

wop1
n
(Social Science / Peoples) Slang derogatory a member of a Latin people, esp an Italian
[probably from southern Italian dialect guappo dandy, braggart, from Spanish guapo]

wop2
vb wops, wopping, wopped
n
a variant spelling of whop
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wop - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something
ethnic slur - a slur on someone's race or language
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
Italian - a native or inhabitant of Italy
Translations
Wop [wɒp] N (offensive) → italiano/a m/f
wop
n (pej sl)Spag(h)ettifresser(in) m(f) (pej sl)


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It will never work with all those Huns, wops and dagos" - What the late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother reportedly said about the EU to BBC presenter Edward Stourton, who in a new book has described her as "a ghastly old bigot".
The Queen Mother once dismissed Britain's closest EU allies as bunch of 'Huns, wops and dagos', according to a study of political correctness published this week.
 
 
 
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