moolie
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]moolie (plural moolies)
- Alternative form of mooli
Etymology 2
[edit]Derived from a Calabrian dialect word for Neapolitan mulignana (“eggplant, aubergine”).
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]moolie (plural moolies)
- (US, slang, used by Italian-Americans, ethnic slur, derogatory) A black person.
- 2015, Liam Sweeny, Welcome Back, Jack:
- "I'm serious," Peter said. "We oughta file a missing person's report or something. Not like any self-respectin' Italian girl would go wit a moolie. Not on her own. It's fuckin' kidnappin'."