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Monk bones of Rome.

gallianoparfait Aug 02, 2006 01:20

BONES

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Palermo crypt.

gallianoparfait Aug 01, 2006 07:23

ILLUSTRIOUS CORPSES

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Tsotsi made me think of sozzo/zozzo

gallianoparfait May 06, 2006 06:53

Zozzo
Last night at Providence's Avon Cinema I saw the marvelous South African film Tsotsi, which won the Academy Award as best foreign-language film of 2005. In that film, "Tsotsi" is the nickname of the main character. It means hoodlum, and the story is about the transformation of a murderous gang member into something better. It involves a ( Read more... )

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The origin of skeevy.

gallianoparfait Feb 16, 2006 08:53

The slang word skeevy which I have seen on some journals and elsewhere means "disgusting, gross, repellently fithy." The street person who has dropped a three-day load in his pants and sits next to you at a library table can be said to be skeevy or the toilet bowl after he pukes into it.

Its origin is the Italian noun schifo (SKEE-FOH), which ( Read more... )

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