> "A.C." wrote:
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> > wop was an acronym that stood for "With Out Papers".
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> No.
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> Main Entry: wop
> Pronunciation: 'wäp
> Function: noun
> Usage: often capitalized
> Etymology: Italian dialect guappo swaggerer, tough, from Spanish guapo,
> probably from Middle French dialect vape, wape weak, insipid, from Latin
> vappa wine gone flat
> usually disparaging : ITALIAN
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> Almost all of those, "this word is an acronym for . . ." deals are false
> etymologies. It ain't For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge or Worthy Oriental
> Gentleman or Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden either.
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> Brian Rodenborn
i stand corrected. slur away sheldon
