gino

From the Italian forename Gino.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒinoʊ/

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gino (plural ginos)

1. (US, Canada, slang, derogatory) A person of Mediterranean (especially Italian) descent, stereotypically regarded as shallow and materialistic.
   • 1993, Purdue Research Foundation, Romance Languages Annual:

     Ginos are essentially teenagers of Italian background who take on what they think are traits that characterize an Italian...

   • 1994, Marcel Danesi, Cool: The Signs and Meanings of Adolescence:

     Ginos and Ginas typically came from Italian households, wore stylish clothing, and listened to disco-type music.

   • 2000, "[+//Tania//-]", "They're not going there just to get high" (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.rave)

     Not all ginos and ginas are the same, just becuz you've come across a couple you hate, doesn't mean you hate them all. ... Where I live it is probably 99% ginos and ginas and I get along with them just fine, in fact, my boyfriend is a gino.

• Guido, guido
• Guidette, guidette

• gino-sho (etymologically unrelated)

• Gion, Goin, INGO, go in, goin, goin', ingo, ogin

• IPA^(key): /ɡiˈno/, [ɡɪˈnɔ]
• Hyphenation: gi‧no

ginó f 

1. creation
   • Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language]‎, Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 2:

     Faylaa kee Saare ginô Rabbi le.

     Our Lord of creation is worthy of praise and praisesongs.

2. braiding
3. kind, type

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “gino”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN