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'''He’s got the biggest minghiuzza in the criminal trades, major league fungo stick'''<br /> | '''He’s got the biggest minghiuzza in the criminal trades, major league fungo stick'''<br /> | ||
| − | a slangy Italianate invention, probably from ‘’minchia’’ (Southern Italian/Sicilian vulgar slang for penis, literally “dick”). Adding the playful suffix - | + | a slangy Italianate invention, probably from ‘’minchia’’ (Southern Italian/Sicilian vulgar slang for penis, literally “dick”). Adding the playful suffix ‘’-uzza’’ makes it sound exaggerated, comic, or boastful — something like “the biggest you-know-what”. And “major league fungo stick” (a long lightweight baseball bat for hitting practice balls to fielders) simply reinforces the metaphor. |
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He’s got the biggest minghiuzza in the criminal trades, major league fungo stick
a slangy Italianate invention, probably from ‘’minchia’’ (Southern Italian/Sicilian vulgar slang for penis, literally “dick”). Adding the playful suffix ‘’-uzza’’ makes it sound exaggerated, comic, or boastful — something like “the biggest you-know-what”. And “major league fungo stick” (a long lightweight baseball bat for hitting practice balls to fielders) simply reinforces the metaphor.
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