greaseball

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greaseball

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From grease + -ball.; possibly derived from the fact that Italians and Italian-Americans are stereotyped as having greasy or greased-up hair.

noun greaseballs

US, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur A person of Italian descent. (Italian)
US, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur Any person of Mediterranean (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek) or Hispanic (Latin American) descent. Do you think I wanted to walk across that stage and get my diploma and look down and see that fat greaseball sitting there? […] I got into a fraternity, too. It wasn’t one of the good ones, not with a name like Pinzetti, but a fraternity all the same.
slang A mechanic.
slang A biker, a tough.
slang A rocker or metalhead, especially one who listens to 1950s rock and roll or 1980s thrash metal.

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"greaseball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/greaseball. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"greaseball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/greaseball.

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@misc{greaseball_2026,
  title = {greaseball},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/greaseball},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}