• Greaseball

    Origin

    Derived from the fact that Italian-Americans are stereotyped as having greasy or greased-up hair, e.g. John Travolta in Grease and Saturday Night Fever.

    Full definition of greaseball

    Noun

    greaseball

    (plural greaseballs)
    1. (US, slang, pejorative, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent.

    Synonyms

    • (person of Italian descent) dago
    • (person of Italian descent) Eyetie
    • (person of Italian descent) goombah
    • (person of Italian descent) guido
    • (person of Italian descent) guinea
    • (person of Italian descent) wog
    • (person of Italian descent) wop
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