Medigan

English Etymology From en nap americano. The first vowel is reduced to a schwa in Neapolitan and further undergoes apheresis in American Neapolitan. To American ears, Neapolitan /k/ sounds like English /ɡ/ due to Neapolitan unvoiced stops being unaspirated unlike in American English. The final vowel in Neapolitan is reduced to a schwa and is further apocopated in American Neapolitan. Noun en Italian American slang An Italian who has lost touch with their cultural heritage. en The Sopranos March 14 1999 Joe Bosso; Frank Renzulli James Gandolfini Tony Soprano television production I don't mean white like Caucasian. I mean a white man like our friend Cusamano. Now he's Italian, but he's a Medigan. It's what my old man would have called a Wonder Bread wop. He eats his Sunday gravy out of a jar. 1 10 A Hit Is a Hit en M. Keith Booker Tony Soprano's America: Gangsters, Guns, and Money 2017-03-01 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC https://books.google.be/books?id=mXoADgAAQBAJ 978-1-4422-7323-8 Isra Daraiseh 193 In any case, the pretentious LaPenna is representative of precisely the Medigan types whom Tony sees as having abandoned their ethnic heritage in order to pursue mainstream respect and success in America – except that LaPenna wants to have it both ways and continue to claim Italian ethnicity as well. en Italian American slang A non-Italian person, particularly a white American. en The Sopranos March 14 1999 Joe Bosso; Frank Renzulli James Gandolfini Tony Soprano television production C'mon, you're Italian, you understand. Guys like me we're brought up to think that Medigans are fuckin' bores. The truth is the average white man is no more boring than the millionth conversation over who should have won, Marciano or Ali. 1 10 A Hit Is a Hit en Andrea L. Dottolo Italian American Women, Food, and Identity: Stories at the Table 2018-03-02 Springer https://books.google.be/books?id=f91ODwAAQBAJ 978-3-319-74757-6 Carol Dottolo 32 Marilyn does not overtly use the term medigan when discussing her husband, but she does specifically name those "whiter" ethnic groups that are typically associated with this notion. Usage notes The term is sometimes used in a humorous or affectionate way, but it can also be considered offensive.