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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
wop
 
PRONUNCIATION:  wp
NOUN: Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of Italian birth or descent.
ETYMOLOGY: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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