Eyetie
English
Alternative forms
- eye-tie, Itie
Etymology
From Italian, + -ie.
Noun
Eyetie (plural Eyeties)
- (US, Britain, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) An Italian.
- 1944, Lawson Glassop, We were the rats:
- The only danger of gas from the Eyeties was when they breathed garlic on you.
- 1944, Richard Baxter, Stand by to surface:
- We got out to sea again, but it was not long before the Eyeties were on our track again.
- 1977, Roald Dahl, The Swan
- The Frenchies eat 'em [small birds] and so do the Eyeties.
- 1986, Aidan Chambers, Dance on My Grave:
- D'you think they're Eyeties? Supposed to be great lovers...
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Synonyms
- (person of Italian descent): dago, goombah, greaseball, guido, guinea, wog, wop
Translations
person of Italian descent — see wop
References
- “Eyetie”, in The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English (in English), Routledge, 2018, →ISBN