Dagoとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪɡəʊ/
• 韻: -eɪɡəʊ

名詞

dago (複数形 dagoes または dagos)

1. (UK, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, or other Mediterranean descent.
   • 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXVIII, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC:

     And all foreigners to him were "dem bloody dagoes"—for, according to his theory, foreigners were responsible for unemployment.

2. (US, Australia, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent.
   • 1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 19:

     "Matilda's making us omelettes, that all right, Miss Tomson."
     "Are they going to reek."
     "Dear me, I hope not. I instructed her to leave out particularly strong ingredients."
     "Just so I don't leave here smelling like a dago."

   Synonyms: Eyetie, goombah, greaseball, guido, guinea, wog, wop

使用する際の注意点

• The word has sometimes been reclaimed in recent years by its targets, with people of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Greek origin themselves adopting the term. In the Upper Midwest region of the United States, the term is used for several Italian-inspired food items.
• The term may have originated following British or American encounters with Portuguese and Spanish sailors. "Diego" is the Portuguese nickname for any deckhand. After transforming into "dago" in English and becoming a common term for Spanish and Portuguese people, the slur expanded in usage to then refer to Italians and Italian immigrants, another Mediterranean and Latin ethnic group.
• The Hill in St. Louis, an Italian-American enclave, is often referred to colloquially as "Dago Hill."

派生語

• dago bomb
• dago dazzler
• dago red

アナグラム

• Goad, Goda, doga, goad