wop

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wop^¹

/wɒp/ UK
/wɑp/ US

Rhymes with -ɒp

Where it comes from

From Neapolitan guappo (“dude, stud”), a greeting borrowed from Spanish guapo (“bold, handsome”). Contrary to popular belief, the term is not an acronym of without passport or working off passage, which are backronyms derived from the term. First attested in New York City around 1906, eventually also spreading to Canada, Australia, and Britain.

noun wops

ethnic, slur A person of Italian descent. Detective J.J. McVea of the Charles street station, who arrested the boys, says that the robbery of the safe was a remarkable one and showed no trace of amateurism. It was committed by four boys. Besides Lyons and Murphy, he says, there were in it Albert Moquin, 14 years old, of 68 West Third street

wop^²

/wɒp/ UK
/wɑp/ US

Rhymes with -ɒp

verb wops · wopping · wopped

alternative Alternative form of whop (“to hit or strike”).

Wop^³

noun Wops

Alternative letter-case form of wop (“derogatory: Italian”). Where do you work-a, Wop? In da big-a da barber shop. What do you do-a, Wop?

WOP^⁴

noun

abbreviation, acronym Acronym of workshop-oriented programming To exemplify the significance of government policy we refer to the German government-sponsored WOP-programme on "shopfloor-oriented programming of CNC-machine tools" (Nuber, et al., 1989 and WOP Conference Materials, 1987).

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noun derogatory term for a person of Italian descent

Español	tano, tana, espagueti, bachiche, italianini, bachicha
한국어	이태리 놈 Itaeri nom, 이탈리아 놈 Itallia nom
日本語	ウォップ woppu
Português	macarrone, carcamano, latacho
Français	rital, macaroni
Deutsch	Itaker, Itakerin, Spaghettifresser, Spaghettifresserin, Tschingili (Baden), Itaka
Română	macaronar
Русский	италья́шка italʹjáška, макаронник makaronnik

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@misc{wop_2026,
  title = {wop},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wop},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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