Define Wop Meaning

(n) a racial slur for an Italian or person of Italian heritage. It is often said that this term comes from "With Out Papers" or "Working On Pavement," but it actually comes from the Italian word "guappo", meaning a swaggerer, pimp, or ruffian.

“WOP” is the English pronunciation of the Ital-Neapolitan word “GUAPPO”. The word defines those who belong to the Guapperia o “Camorra”, a criminal organization similar to the Sicilian Mafia located mostly in the province of Campania (an Italian Province) and its capital Napoli, Italia. The term is still commonly used especially in Central-South Italy (Meridione) to describe those that either belong to the organization or those that are arrogant to the point of inducing a fight. It was brought to the USA by early Italian immigrants from the province of Campania who named those suspected to belonging to the Guapperia “Guappi”, in a similar fashion the Sicilians used the term “Mafiosi”. Widely used in Chicago where most immigrants from Campania settled, one of its native sons Al Capone was a typical Guappo, it was confused by the non Italian population to indicate people of Italian origins, similarly the word “Paesano”. The term has been erroneously explained to mean “Without Papers” because of the initials “WP” by those, Italian descent or not, that have little knowledge of Italian history and dialects. The term has taken a derogatory meaning in North America and for many refers to people of Italian origin or background.

An epithet used for those of Italian descent. WOP stands for WithOut Papers. Many Italian immigrants had no papers to identify themselves and were branded as WOPs.

Toronto slang for a "customer", specifically a customer who is willing to buy drugs. Derived from the word "chop" which means "drug transaction", a wop is the client who receives the drugs in exchange for money.

Very often confused with the word wop which is a racist derogatory term towards Italian people.

a racist term to describe the Italians.

an ethnic slur toward people of italian descent

a slang word for an italian... kinda offensive

a vulgar term for an italian or a person of italian decent. Comes from elis island where most italians were too poor to afford papers.they were stamped as wops standing for with out papers.

A fat ass italian person who wears too much cologne and dons fake gold chains. Hairy chest, flabby body and scams off the government to survive. Usually will suffer from some sort of anti personality disorder and has trouble maintaining friendships and relationships. They can't hold a job. Wops never really seem to make anything of their lives and don't end up doing better than their pops.

A term describing a lower class italian person. The working and lower class underbelly of italian culture. Term describes a lower socioeconomic class of italian who isn't a good worker and can't meet the basics in life.

A wop will try to get out of working or try scamming the system and people who do jobs for them. They may even try scamming the state to get money.

This term applies to a common vulgar italian person who dosen't respect themselves or other people.