eye-talian
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Meaning · English
Italian, usually in reference to an Italian American person or Italian American culture.
Register: derogatory, slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
No, sir, lose your colonies, and you'd have Eye-talian cities without their climate, Eye-talian lazaroni without their light hearts to sing over their poverty, (for the English can't sing a bit better nor bull frogs,) and worse than Eye-talian eruptions and volcanoes in politics, without th
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “eye-talian” mean?
Italian, usually in reference to an Italian American person or Italian American culture.
Is “eye-talian” formal or informal?
eye-talian is generally derogatory, slang.