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Gino vs Ginn - What's the difference?

gino | ginn |

As nouns the difference between gino and ginn

is that gino is a person of Mediterranean (especially Italian) descent, stereotypically regarded as shallow and materialistic while ginn is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

As an acronym GINO

is galactica In Name Only — a derogatory term used by partisan fans of the original Battlestar Galactica to refer to the reimagined Battlestar Galactica

As a verb ginn is

eye dialect of lang=en.

gino

English

(wikipedia gino)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US, Canada, slang, derogatory) A person of Mediterranean (especially Italian) descent, stereotypically regarded as shallow and materialistic.
  • * 1993 , Purdue Research Foundation, Romance Languages Annual
    • Ginos are essentially teenagers of Italian background who take on what they think are traits that characterize an Italian...
  • * 1994 , Marcel Danesi, Cool: The Signs and Meanings of Adolescence?
    • Ginos and Ginas typically came from Italian households, wore stylish clothing, and listened to disco-type music.
  • * 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

    *

    ginn

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * {{quote-book, year=, author=The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. (1810-1897), title=Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=AZA'ZEL, one of the ginn or jinn, all of whom were made of "smokeless fire," that is, the fire of the Simoom. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1886, author=Andrew Lang, title=In the Wrong Paradise, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=There also were the "maids of modest glances," previously indifferent to the wooing "of man or ginn ." }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=, author=Sax Rohmer (1883-1959), title=The Quest of the Sacred Slipper, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=I accordingly assumed Hassan to be a myth--a first cousin to the ginn . }}

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • * {{quote-book, year=, author=Charles Reade (1814-1884) and Dion Boucicault (1820-1890), title=Foul Play, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=You ginn it us hot--you did. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1912, author=Lawrence J. Burpee, title=Humour of the North, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Well, the doctor axed me to vote for his son, and I just up and told him I would, only my relation was candidating also; but ginn him my hand and promise I would be neuter. }} ----