different between ginzo vs gino

English

Diminutive of Guinea +? -o.

ginzo (plural ginzos or ginzoes)

(Northeastern US, slang, offensive, ethnic slur, derogatory) A person of Italian birth or descent.

From the Italian forename Gino.

gino (plural ginos)

(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.

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