“He had the handsomest wop kisser I ever saw” -Jean Genet “Thief’s Journal” p.185
What does wop kisser mean?
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wop, noun, often capitalized offensive — used as an insulting and contemptuous term for a person of Italian birth or descent
Etymology Italian dialect guappo swaggerer, tough, from Spanish guapo, probably from Middle French dialect vape, wape weak, insipid, from Latin vappa wine gone flat
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If I’m not mistaken it was originally to describe Italian immigrants during whatever period of time (world war 1 maybe?) and it was a acronym for Without Papers. As in not having a visa.
I could be mistaken though, I read that once from one source so not really done any due diligence.
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