Correct! I looked up the root word, and the Neopolitan slang is spelled that way. And my people are from Naples, so there. It's STUNODO. I'm assuming the plural is adding the "i," but foreign languages have never been my bag. It's all Greek to me!
I knew you were part Italian, so there! And I love Stunoti! There is also ‘jigod’ (phonetic spelling) which is akin to totally dense instead of ‘just’ ornery and stubborn. And the wonderful ‘moosh-a-moosh’: down in the dumps, out of it, used in the Sopranos one night to my delight!
There are words they say on that show that made me sit upright in my chair. "I can't spell that or repeat it, but I know what it means, and I haven't heard it since I was, like, five."
And here I am, old as dirt, managing to get educated over the past year or so on infectious diseases, pandemics, and the like, and did not know until this column, the etymology of the "Baby Ruth" bar. I've always thought the name had something to do with the baseball player. STILL learning something new every day! Thanks, Greg!
Per Snopes, the candy bar CLAIMS it was named for Ruth Cleveland, but came out a few month after George Herbert Walker Ruth starting hitting all those HRs. And they didn't want to pay him, so...
Thanks for a new word: grok! But "stunoti" has me stumped.
I heard in days past that there's speculation that the two two-dose vaccines may NOT need to be supplemented and that in fact, they may be effective much longer than previously thought. Along with that speculation was the probability that those vaccines in combo with actually having had Covid 19 might offer a lifetime prevention. Talk about a modern day miracle!
Stunoti? I love it and have no idea whence it comes and what it means!
I think Greg is making up a word based on the Italo-American slang word ‘stunod’: stubborn, pigheaded. I love this!
Correct! I looked up the root word, and the Neopolitan slang is spelled that way. And my people are from Naples, so there. It's STUNODO. I'm assuming the plural is adding the "i," but foreign languages have never been my bag. It's all Greek to me!
I knew you were part Italian, so there! And I love Stunoti! There is also ‘jigod’ (phonetic spelling) which is akin to totally dense instead of ‘just’ ornery and stubborn. And the wonderful ‘moosh-a-moosh’: down in the dumps, out of it, used in the Sopranos one night to my delight!
There are words they say on that show that made me sit upright in my chair. "I can't spell that or repeat it, but I know what it means, and I haven't heard it since I was, like, five."
And here I am, old as dirt, managing to get educated over the past year or so on infectious diseases, pandemics, and the like, and did not know until this column, the etymology of the "Baby Ruth" bar. I've always thought the name had something to do with the baseball player. STILL learning something new every day! Thanks, Greg!
Per Snopes, the candy bar CLAIMS it was named for Ruth Cleveland, but came out a few month after George Herbert Walker Ruth starting hitting all those HRs. And they didn't want to pay him, so...
Sometimes I am guilty of unworthy comment -- weak lexicons. But Mr Olear, you are a maven of things Cult45 ... RICO, yo 😎
Thanks for a new word: grok! But "stunoti" has me stumped.
I heard in days past that there's speculation that the two two-dose vaccines may NOT need to be supplemented and that in fact, they may be effective much longer than previously thought. Along with that speculation was the probability that those vaccines in combo with actually having had Covid 19 might offer a lifetime prevention. Talk about a modern day miracle!
Ooo, I hope that is the case re: vaccines.
"Grok" is from STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND.
"Stunoti" is the plural of the supposed Neopolitan stunoto, which we would call STUNOD.
You have outdone yourself with ‘stunoti’ and your description of Jared is rivaled only by your description of Comey on Zev’s show! Bravo.
Oh, no, I can't remember what I called Comey! I do remember it was funny, though...
Jim Comey ain't the Last Boy Scout. I think he's a dirty Rat
‘That tall-assed MF’… you were on a roll that night!