[tsowellfan]

Only Italians that are in the US can be called "WOP". It's the old term for illegal alien.

WOP = With Out Papers

[cynwoody]

Only Italians that are in the US can be called "WOP". It's the old term for illegal alien.

I express disgust with my Italian heritage. My grandma's parents had the intelligence to come over from the Lake Como region sometime in the 1880's. It's a Darwinian phenomenon, but on a shorter timescale.

[muir_redwoods]

There are about six or seven explanations for the origin of that slur; the word “Guappo” being the most likely but no one is really sure. Guappo in the neopolitan dialect means thug or bully or bandit. The “G” is very soft sounding to an American ear like a “Y” or a “W”.

[Palio di Siena]

With all due respect, many of us whose last name ends in a vowel
are offended by the term W@P.
I would appreciate it if you would refrain from using it or inferring, as you did, that Americans of Italian descent can be referred to by that word.
Capisce???

[Oratam]

A college professor of mine said “wop” was the sound of a meatball falling onto linoleum as heard in the apartment below.