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Goombah and similar forms derived as an alteration or Anglicized spelling of the common Southern Italian familiar term of address, cumpà, the apocoped oxytone form of the word cumpari found in Southern Italian dialects and compare found in Standard Italian, which denotes a companion or friend.
goomar or goomah: Americanized form of comare, a Mafia mistress. goombah: an associate, especially a senior member of a criminal gang. heavy: packed, carrying a weapon. hit: to murder; also see whack. initiation or induction: becoming a made man. juice: the interest paid to a loan shark for the loan; also see vig.
Goomba, Goombah, or Gumbah may refer to: . Goombah, a slang term referring to people of Italian descent, mainly in the United States; Goomba, a species from the Super Mario video game series
Goombah is a dialectical distortion of the Italian word compare, meaning godfather, accomplice, or old pal. Goombah is not a dialectical distortion of "compare," the word for godfather is "padrone." It isn't the distortion as noted, but it does indeed mean "mentor" and "godfather" in the sense of someone older who takes an active interest in ...
The Oxford English Dictionary states that the origin of the word is unknown. [8] An earlier usage of gook, recorded in a slang dictionary published in 1893, defined gook as "a low prostitute". [9] The earliest use of the word in the English language comes from the name of a traditional Cornish Bonnet. [10]
A shiitake, on which the Goomba is based. The pileus and stipe of the shiitake share similar colors to the Goomba's.. Goombas were introduced in the video game Super Mario Bros., and were the last enemy added to the game after playtesters stated that the Koopa Troopa was too tricky as an enemy.
In other areas, terms such as "Cugine" (Brooklyn, especially in Bensonhurst), "Mario" and "Gino" have a meaning similar to guido. [4] Although some Italians self-identify as "guidos", the term is often considered derogatory or an ethnic slur. [4] [7] Similar to the term Wog, used in Britain and Australia.
Gumba may refer to: . Agumba people, an ethnic group who inhabited the plains of what is now central Kenya, but are now either extinct or assimilated; Gumba, Nepal, a village in Sindhupalchok District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal