Varina Palladino's Jersey Italian Love Story by Terri-Lynne DeFino

Author:Terri-Lynne DeFino
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2023-02-14T00:00:00+00:00

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scarol’ (SHKA-role)

Italian: scarola; “escarole”

The green, leafy vegetable (delicious with garlic and white beans, sautéed in olive oil) is also slang for “money,” like dough in American English.

oobatz’

Italian: pazzo; “crazy”

Coincidentally, there’s a word that differs only in one letter—oogatz’ (cazzo, in Italian), which literally means “dick/cock.” What it means in Neapolitan slang, as well as Jersey Italian slang, is “nothing.” For example:

“Hey, Angelo, what did you get for Christmas?”

“Ma caught me in the boiler room with Tina. I got oogatz’.”

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