Dago, Guinea, Wop, Greaseball, spaghetti twirler - next to those slurs, Fredo sounds pretty tame.
When the New York Yankees had DiMaggio and Rizzuto on the team, they were called “Big Daig and Little Daig,” no problem there.
Joe, later, became extremely sensitive about Marilyn and Money.
Sad story that was, but he was called, “Big Daig.” by his teammates before Marilyn was on the scene.