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wop

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–noun Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
an Italian or a person of Italian descent.
Origin:
1910–15, Americanism; < It (Neapolitan dial.) guappo swaggerer < Sp guapo pimp, ruffian, via dial. F < L vappa wine that has gone flat, worthless person; initial w perh. by assoc. with a related Gmc word
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wop   (wŏp)   
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.]
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wop 
derogatory for "Italian," 1912, Amer.Eng. slang, apparently from southern It. dialect guappo "dandy, dude, stud," a greeting among male Neapolitans, said to be from Sp. guapo "bold, dandy," which is from L. vappa "sour wine," also "worthless fellow;" related to vapidus (see vapid).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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