Fuori come un balcone (and other ways to call Italians crazy)
Can we just take a moment to talk about one of my absolute favorite phrases in the Italian language?
Italian marketing mistake #1: ‘Gis Baby’
An unfortunate selection of a company name for a baby supplies store… or is it?
From ‘cool’ to ‘c***’ : 50 shades of genitaliano slang.
What Valentine’s Day is complete without an extensive discussion of Italian slang derived from female private parts?
Somehow, between the chocolate covered strawberries and the bottle of passito wine, my husband and I ventured into this graphic subject late last night. It was actually kind of fascinating.
Itanglish: “stop romping my palles”
To “romp one’s palles“ is a fantastic Italian phrase that I have Americanized to the point of sheer embarrassment. In order to get the full effect, remember to use this with a heavy American accent… leaning towards Californian (think ‘surfer dude’). Keep in mind the added ‘s‘ is simply to make it sound plural in…
Married to Italy 