My Grandfather (RIP) always called us Grandkids “Bacciagaloops”, and no one knew what it meant. My parents said he made the word up, but obviously not cause other Italians have heard of it or said it. That email was hilarious.

By the way, what does bacciagaloop mean?


That was awesome Mala, thanks.

Sicilian women are the ones who slept with the blacks therefore bringing on the North-South differences. My Grandfather always called us Grandkids that when we were acting like...well....pompous a$$es. The myth where I live is that if you are sicilian, you have some black in ya.

Damned uncivilized Southern Italians.... my group was from venezia

Just kidding of course. Don't want to get any of you stirred up... you know how hot your blood runs... next thing you know one of you will whip out a shiv..

Great post from your brother Mal.

Dont like this anti Sicilian thing

Im sending this to my mom. she wants to be italian.

Wicor, Sicilians Rule !!!!

Oy, I'm speaking on behalf of my mother and myself, but we can take pride in being Italian all we want. Last I understood, we're Italian by association. My ma was adopted and raised Italian. For all I know, my lineage could lie in Gypsy past.

Well then, I'm a moron. I thought it had to do with the blood of the biological parents. Nice to know now, considering I always thought a different way.

Son of Strega looks like he may be kicked out of a house and a will if he keeps it up.

If something happens to Son of Strega we have the post as evidence.

I feel the molokio evil eye coming

Why does my left arm feel like it is being cut off?

(enter Mala's Sorprano forum voodoo dolls).

Sorry FD. I was aiming for your heart.

You've always had a hold of my heart.

Lord knows there is nothing much below the heart to shoot for.

xxx

Thanks ScottC.

You're funny, FD.

I try.

Don't encourage him.... kinda like feeding wild animals... they start hanging around too much.

Well, I have to say...I've watched the show from day one, never felt the need to discuss it on a forum, BUT, I stumbled onto here somehow one day, and got a glimpse of you two going at it. You guys crack me up. I love it! Everyone on here seems really cool, actually. Kinda felt weird reading w/out joining, though. Almost like a stalker. So, here I am.

A bit OT from the current topic, sorry.

Don't hate ScottC.

We will let you pass on being off topic just because you are new. We usually have people whacked for it.

You're going to get FD over excited with the stalker talk... its always been his fantasy to be stalked. He even tried to hire a crack ho to do it, but she said she would rather go straight...

Listen, I told you about hiring the crack ho in confidence, it was a one time thing. You ever heard of second chances.

As far as the stalker talk, I am turned on by it, throw in some S&M and I'll have to clean up a mess.

Your boss will love that....

I'll call maintenance. The new janitor is a hot PR. I ask for her to vacuum under my desk all the time.

xxx

Principessa, after I left on Friday, the PR janitor had a mess to clean up, and now first thing Monday morning I have to call her over to clean up another, thanks.

My Grandfather always called us bacciagaloops, we had no idea what the f*ck he meant. Even my parents (who are both Italian) had only heard him say it, no one else. I had never heard (or read it) from anywhere again until this post. I think that is great.

Sorry, I know this thread is quite old, but I just wanted to let you know that Baciagaloop is a common Northern Italian surname with a lot of variations in spelling. I am a Bacigalupo, and apparently there's an entire town where most of the people have this last name--in the Genoa region. It means "Kiss of the Wolf" or "Swinging Wolf". Louis Prima had a character he used multiple times in his songs named Bacigaloop, the best of these is called "Bacigaloop makes love on the Stoop".

So, yes, it's a name from the far north... and Genoa was traditionally the richest and most educated region, but I never got a sense that this town was anything more than small town peasants, but I could be wrong.