Wopland

English

Etymology

wop +‎ -land

Proper noun

Wopland

1. (offensive, ethnic slur) Italy.
   • 1977, Jack Douglas, Going Nuts in Brazil with Jack Douglas, page 126:

     We don't have him. We have Señor Fonzago, he's a big movie star in Wopland. Rome.

   • 1977, Robert S. Raymond, A Yank in Bomber Command, page 77:

     […] in Wopland. Looking down on the magnificent panorama of the snow-clad peaks (Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn et al.), the snow fields and glaciers all reflecting the bright sunshine with dazzling whiteness […]

   • 2003, Ernest Hemingway, ‎Carlos Baker, Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters 1917-1961 (page 37)

     […] Wopland and I'm all for workage this winter.