different between gink vs gino

English

Etymology

Unknown but possibly from similar senses of kink or geck. Cf. geek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k/

Noun

gink (plural ginks)

1. (originally US slang) A guy, a fellow, especially (derogatory) a foolish, unworldly, or socially inept man.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 23:

     Adrian felt that it was he who had brought Tom into notice and popularity, that Tom was his own special creation. The silent spotty gink of the first year had been transformed into someone admired and imitated and Adrian wasn't sure how much he liked it.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:person, Thesaurus:man, Thesaurus:friend; Thesaurus:dork, Thesaurus:fool

References

• “gink, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2017

Anagrams

• King, king

English

Etymology

From the Italian forename Gino.

Pronunciation

Noun

gino (plural ginos)

1. (US, Canada, slang, derogatory) A person of Mediterranean (especially Italian) descent, stereotypically regarded as shallow and materialistic.
   • 200, "[+//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.

See also

• Guido, guido
• Guidette, guidette

Anagrams

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