>From Wikipedia:
"Goombah (sometimes Goomba) is a slang term regional to the New York area used
to
describe an Italian-American. It can be mildly derogatory, but not on the same
level as
dago, guinea or wop.
This slang term probably originates from the Italian word compare (or the
Sicilian cognate,
"cumpari", both akin to Spanish compadre), which was already (and still is)
used in south
Italy abbreviated in "compa'" and literally means "friend" and it is used
colloquially mainly
to address people living in the same town. This, changed through the
Italo-American
tendency to substitute c's for g's and p's for b's in colloquial speech, yields
"goombah."
Steve Schirripa, who became famous playing Bobby Baccalieri on the HBO TV
series The
Sopranos, introduced the term to a national audience by publishing a series of
books
starting with A Goomba's Guide to Life (ISBN 1-4000-4639-4). It appears in
popular
fiction at least as early as Mario Puzo's "The Godfather" (1969), in which the
character Jack
Woltz refers to "guinea Mafia goombahs."
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <dfsavgny@> wrote:
> >
> Isn't that slang for girlfiend? The N word is out of that league no
> coparison. Unless I'm wrong and you know I'm always wrong.
>
>
>
> Tom
> >
> > Let's go. Be even handed now. I am posting below an excerpt from
> the
> > email blast Tom Gilmour sends out each week. This should get under
> your
> > skin, even though they screwed up GOOMBAH with GUMBA. When I saw
> GUMBA
> > I thought they were showing Forrest Gump. Find out who titled
> it "Gumba
> > Night" and let them have it here and everywhere. Your wrath must
> fall
> > on whoever is responsible, whether its Gilmour, Fishman or whoever.
> > Even if it came originally from Partners, don't you think its
> > irresponsible for the City to be repeating it? If they were showing
> > SHAFT and MANDINGO should it be called that horrible "N" word
> Night?
> > Gee, this right after some councilman ruined Columbus Day for us.
> > What's an Italian-American to do? There will probably be riots in
> Ocean
> > Twp over the weekend. Don;t let the boys from the Sons of Italy see
> > Gilmour's email.
> >
> >
> > The Paramount Theatre presents "Gumba Night" on Saturday with back-
> to-
> > back showings of "The Godfather" and "The Godfather II."
> >
>
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